David Morton
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This has to be probably the most far reaching indictment of Copenhagen and all it means. What a total chirade. What a farce.
This has to be probably the most far reaching indictment of Copenhagen and all it means. What a total chirade. What a farce.
Inconvenient Facts for some of us:
It was so hot during the 600 year long 'Roman' warming, that grapes were grown in Britain as far north as Hadrian's Wall. Sea levels did not rise and Polar ice did not vanish.Some alpine glaciers disappeared, only to reappear later.The cold Dark Ages followed: starvation,rampant disease and massive depopulation occured.
A 400 year warm period followed. The Vikings grew barley and wheat and raised cattle and sheep in parts of Greenland. During this 'medieval warming' there was so much excess wealth generated from generations of reliable harvests that the great monasteries, cathedrals and universities were built.
Yet sea levels did not rise and the ice sheets were not lost.And, significantly, humans could not have driven the Roman and Medieval warmings by carbon dioxide emissions, as there was no industry.
The Little Ice Age followed. There was famine, disease and depopulation.
Ice fairs were held on the Thames river up until the 1820's.
The Little ice age ended in 1850. It is no wonder that temperatures have increased in the past 150 years - this is what happens after a cold period.
The tmperature increase was not even. There was warming from 1860 to 1880, cooling from 1880 to 1910, warming from 1910 to 1940, cooling from 1940 to 1976, warming from 1976 to 1998 and now cooling from 1998.
Each warming period was a t the same rate. It was only during the warming period from 1976 to 1998 that carbon dioxide increased in parallel with temperature, all other modern warmings and coolings show no felationship to carbon dioxide.
Why is this story contrary to what we hear ? Because sensationalism is much more lucrative. A climatic catastrophe was provided for an anxious public by scientists who had everything to gain by frightening us.Its blind fundamentalism, unrelated to scientific facts. Politicians build new bureaucracies and pose as environmental saviours without having to face the consequences of their actions.Heads must roll. Meanwhile, the planet will do what it has always done : change!
Extract from ' Global Warming - The Missing Science '.
Author : Ian Plimer, Professor of Geology at the University of Adelaide.
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Yep, IPCC made a mistake on that. Science still says they are melting faster than expected though:
Himalaya glaciers melting much faster - Discovery.com- msnbc.com