Cave reveals Southwest's abrupt climate swings during Ice Age

University of Arizona ^ | Jan 20, 2010 | Unknown

[decimon]

Thuling Arizona ping.

[dfwgator]

They had SUVs during the Ice Age, who knew?

[pikachu]

Are there any pictures of the SUVs that caused the ice age carved on those walls? Or how much CO2 was being released by the gas engined vehicles back then? What? It happened without SUVs and gas engines? Maybe todays change has nothing to do with SUVs and gas engines.

[aft_lizard]

Is it cold in Greenland per chance right now? We are expecting up to five inches of rain by sunday.

THat is a huge amount of rain for this area. We generally only get about 8 or so inches a year.

[JohnLongIsland]

the original global warmers => cavemen emitting their carbon footprint from their bbqed bison...

[steelyourfaith]

 

Beam me to Planet Gore !

[decimon]

Is it cold in Greenland per chance right now? We are expecting up to five inches of rain by sunday.

I'd be surprised if they meant short-term temperatures. But maybe it works with what we call weather as well. Don't know if Greenland was actually colder during the last ice age.

[Plutarch]

Hopefully the Dems will cave on that climate change bill.

[decimon]

Hopefully the Dems will cave on that climate change bill.

This is Arizona. Let's hope McCain doesn't.

[wolfcreek]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2433382/posts

All solar, all the time.

[RobRoy]

>>The radioactive element uranium is present in minute amounts in the water dripping onto a stalagmite. The uranium then becomes part of the formation. Uranium decays into the element thorium at a steady and known rate, so its decay rate can be used to construct a timeline of a stalagmite’s growth.

By matching the stalagmite’s growth timeline with the sequence of wet and dry periods revealed by the oxygen analyses, the researchers could tell in century-by-century detail when the Southwest was wet and when it was dry. <<

One of the things that amazes me about this and so many other interesting and complex puzzles is that God even put clocks in the evidence that we could use to better interpret it. It’s like getting a “brain teaser” game for your kids.

[MuttTheHoople]

Bush’s fault.

[Sacajaweau]

That's a good way to say it....God put a clock in "stuff". Godf also put the planets so they're not bumping each other every time they pass each other.

Anbd imagine him putting the sun in the middle...because it has a special job...

We should be humbled by all this....but man is so arrogant. Let me introduce you to the man that can control God...Al Gore!!

Sounds like a good book title: "The Man Who Controlled God".

[RobRoy]

I’ve heard the planets are also there as a “junk filter”. They become “large object” magnets that keep stuff from hitting us. Not to mention all the “gravity” stuff going on.

It’s actually quite fascinating just how intertwined everything is and how many subtle parts, if removed, would take away our planet’s ability to sustain life as we know it.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks decimon.

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[Sacajaweau]

I like to think of the relative smoothness in flight of us in orbit...God could have put in a clutch like in a standard instead of an automatic.

I remember teaching my little grandson(6 at the time) about gravity.

After my very serious lecture....he looked at me....grabbed the globe off the table...and said...."Are you telling me that we're standing on this??"

I laughed and said "You got it!!" Super, smart kid!!

[SunkenCiv]

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	Gods Graves Glyphs	Thanks decimon. Caves reveal clues to UK weather by Tom Heap At Pooles Cavern in Derbyshire, it was discovered that the stalagmites grow faster in the winter months when it rains more. Alan Walker, who guides visitors through the caves, says the changes in rainfall are recorded in the stalactites and stalagmites like the growth rings in trees. Stalagmites from a number of caves have now been analysed by Dr Andy Baker at Newcastle University. After splitting and polishing the rock, he can measure its growth precisely and has built up a precipitation history going back thousands of years. His study suggests this autumn's rainfall is not at all unusual when looked at over such a timescale but is well within historic variations. He believes politicians find it expedient to blame a man-made change in our weather rather than addressing the complex scientific picture. I like that closing sentence -- "future decision-making could be made based on scientific data and not on political expediency". I wouldn't count on it, but that would be great. To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list. GGG managers are SunkenCiv, StayAt HomeMother, and Ernest_at_the_Beach
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[gleeaikin]

Anyone know where to find a graph of the variations measured in the two studies?

[blam]

Sorry, no.