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The following sentences are from a paragraph. The first and last sentences (S1 and S6) are fixed, and the three sentences in between (R, S, T) are jumbled. Rearrange them to make a coherent paragraph. S1: Human civilisations have been around for a paltry 12,000 years—barely a few seconds on the geological clock. R: In that short amount of time, we've managed to create quite a ruckus, etching our dominance over nature. S: The unmitigated burning of fossil fuels has now created a blanket of carbon dioxide around the world. T: The rapid increase of human populations has left us battling with other species for limited resources. S6: This carbon blanket is slowly but surely increasing the average global temperature.