[Lorianne]

Ah, ye old carbon belch theory ....

[rdl6989]

More hot air from The Goracle and his minions.

[mvpel]

The abundance and distribution of marine algae indicate the environment started to change and the ocean surface began to warm several thousand years before the large temperature spike.

You know, due to all those prehistoric SUVs and coal-fired power plants, right?

[Sgt_Schultze]

It’s gotta be true. I saw the 55 million year old Chevy at the Smithsonian when I was a 4th grader in 1966.

[Mr Rogers]

global temperature shot up at least 9 degrees Fahrenheit (5 degrees Celsius), and swamp forests with redwoods and broad-leaved trees filled the Arctic.

Yep, all it would take is 9 deg F of extra heat, and the arctic will look like Florida!

When your winters go from -30 deg F to -21 deg F, why the swamps just multiply!

Is ANYONE stupid enough to believe this stuff?

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

“The Earth......Has A Fever......”

[Kiss Me Hardy]

"the ocean surface began to warm several thousand years" before temperatures spiked

These climate schemers aren't dumb. That's their cue to jam snouts in the trough for the next 1000 years or so.

[Khepri]

New Jersey, ancient swamp...LMAO

Anyhoo....am I missing something here? Doesn’t it say the temps rose, THEN released gas....smirk...

Yet today they contend just the opposite....there’s unprecedented gas, which is supposed to cause the temp to rise...LOL

Algore the source of the gas no doubt....

[Paladin2]

"Warming causes higher temperatures"

Who knew?

[ModelBreaker]

So, natural warming cycles precede greenhouse gas concentration increases. Isn’t that exactly the opposite of the global warming theory?

[AndyTheBear]

A key unanswered question is what—if anything—triggered the substantial warming, noted Scott Wing, a paleobiologist at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., who was not involved in the new research.

SUVs driven by dinosaurs?

[CarryaBigStick]

This is why I canceled my subscription to the National Geographic a few years ago after reading it for almost all of my life. The transformation of the Geographic Society and it’s magazine into an activist political tool became too much to bear. All those many years of the Geographic magazine in slip cases thrown in the trash... :-(

[enduserindy]

Wouldn’t the axis of the earth put the arctic south many moons ago?

[ProtectOurFreedom]

What a dumb, tautological headline. How about “Ancient Thunderstorm Caused Huge Spike in Wetness” or “Faster Engine Speed Resulted in Increased RPM”?

[VOA]

bump

[aruanan]

The finding suggests that today's temperature rise may just be priming the planet for a carbon belch of epic proportions.

Well, they've got the order of occurrence correct: first the temperature increases, then the CO2 levels go up.

[dangus]

The National Geographic... aren’t they the ones who tried to turn Christianity into a Judas-worshipping cult? This has all the dynamics of the hockey-stick theory.

[Jabba the Nutt]

There's also the chance of a Methane belch from the bottom of the ocean. The History Channel yesterday had a show on one scientists theory that Methane belches are tied to the mass extinctions that occur is a regular basis.

We could be hit by an asteroid or a comet, the Sun could explode, a nearby star could gone nova and we could by killed by massive doses of radiation thru cosmic rays or the ice age could return and New York would be a mile under the ice. There are lots of ways for life on Earth to be destroyed.

It seems to me that these guys are desperately trying to save "Global Warming" as a threat.

[steelyourfaith]

~~AGW ™ ping~~