Richard, The correlation is actually pretty solid, though the discrepancies may indicate some other factors at play also.
And what makes you think another ice age isn't coming? it's more or less time for the next one. Or perhaps global warming is what will either stop it or make it less intense, and thus may be the best thing to happen for the preservation of civilization? :-) Edgar On Saturday, March 22, 2014 10:41:10 AM UTC-4, yanniru wrote: > > Edgar, > > It is hardly a 1:1 correlation. However, if those cycles worked for the > last 1/2 million years, they should be expected to still be working now and > we can expect global cooling to occur again. > Richard > > > On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 10:19 AM, Edgar L. Owen <[email protected]<javascript:> > > wrote: > > Spud, > > Better evidence is that the little ice age was caused by solar variations > esp the Maunder minimum. It lasted too long to be attributed to volcanos I > would think. However volcanos and smaller asteroid impacts do certainly > cause temporary temperature dips lasting for periods of a few years to > perhaps a decade and these can initiate profound social changes. There is > fairly good evidence that the dark ages were partially initiated by an > eruption c. 535 AD. See <a href="http://en.wikipedia.o > > ... -- 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/d/optout.
