On 11 February 2014 19:01, Richard Ruquist <[email protected]> wrote:
> The Vostok ice core data, from which Atm. temperature and CO2 content have > been extracted, suggests that at least for the last half million years > climate change has been a natural occurrence, apparently based on > fluctuations on earth-incident solar radiance. That is except for the last > 10,000 years, when the climate has been relatively stable. My fear is that > this relative stability will come to an end and we may return to the > temperature fluctuations that typified the ice ages. > Yes, imho it was most likely the interglacial that allowed agriculture to flourish, and with it civilisation. As far as returning to fluctuating temperatures goes, increasing atmospheric CO2 by a staggering 50% since 1800 won't have helped in that department... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
