Below is a link to an interesting article about a shrinking arctic, especially when put into context of the larger story of an Ice Ages that has been going on for a couple of million years:
Excerpt: #-------------------------- "The warming we see is another indication that climate is now changing, and in ways that may not have been experienced in several million years," says David Rind, a senior researcher at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York. #--------------------------- http://www.spacedaily.com/news/arctic-03g.html Regards, LelandJ Leland F. Jackson, CPA wrote: > Below is a link to an interesting article about the last Ice Age. The > article provides several theories about what might cause an Ice Age, but > the bottom line is: > > Excerpt > #------------------------------ > It is a geologic fact that ice has had a great impact on North America. > Besides the geological evidence of moraines, kettle lakes, gouged > bedrock, and erratic boulders, Greenland and Antarctic ice core samples > have demonstrated that levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) have fluctuated > over the millions of years. Lower levels of CO2 depict cooler periods in > earth's history, but it is unclear whether these lower levels are the > cause or the effect. Although a great amount of scientific research has > been applied to the study of ice and ice ages and much knowledge has > been gained, why they occur is just as much a mystery now as it was when > Joseph Adhémar published the first detailed ice age theory in his 1842 > book, Revolutions de la Mer, Deluges Periodics. > #------------------------------------- > > I found Charles Hapgood's theory of "Wandering Poles" to be fascinating. > > http://www.sonsofgod-daughtersofmen.com/iceage.htm > > Regards, > > LelandJ > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>> Do a Google on "The last great Ice Age". The last great Ice Age >>> occurred about 1.6 million years ago. Don't confuse large-scale ice age >>> periods and the smaller ebb and flow of glacial--interglacial periods >>> within an ice age. >>> >>> >> I guess they should have had carbon credits 1.6 million years ago. No! >> Wait! It's good the ice age is gone. >> >> -- >> Larry Miller >> >> --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- >> multipart/mixed >> multipart/alternative >> text/plain (text body -- kept) >> text/html >> message/rfc822 >> --- >> >> [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
