Better late than never...
In the scientific and political debate over global warming, the latest wrong piece may be the "hockey stick," the famous plot, published by University of Massachusetts geoscientist Michael Mann and colleagues. This plot purports to show that we are now experiencing the warmest climate in a millennium, and that the earth, after remaining cool for centuries during the medieval era, suddenly began to heat up about 100 years ago--just at the time that the burning of coal and oil led to an increase in atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide.
Should have asked an Historian. Many medievalists contend that the average temperature of Europe dropped around the 14th C, and they point to evidence such as vine cultivation in Central England and other parts above the modern "vine line" for which we have plenty of documentation thanks to surviving record.
Damon.
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