Climate change rocked cradles of civilisation

University of East Anglia ^ | 7-Sep-2006 | Simon Dunford

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Ancient air bubbles shed light on greenhouse gases (Global Warming)
Globe and Mail (Canada) | nov 24, 2005 | Lauran Neergaard
Posted on 11/24/2005 5:05:51 PM PST by proud_yank
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1528139/posts

Ancient global warming drove early primates' dispersal
Eureka Alert (University of Michigan ) | 25-Jul-2006 | Nancy Ross-Flanigan
Posted on 07/26/2006 10:48:01 AM PDT by Ben Mugged
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1672670/posts

Antarctic Snowfall Snafu Derails Climate Models
National Science Foundation | 11 Aug 2006 | National Science Foundation
Posted on 08/11/2006 9:42:17 PM PDT by Marius3188
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1682280/posts

Boiling Seas Linked To Mass Extinction (and Biblical Flood)
Nature Science Update | 22 August 2003 | TOM CLARKE
Posted on 08/25/2003 11:12:31 AM PDT by Mike Darancette
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/970123/posts

How Prehistoric Farmers Saved Us From A New Ice Age
The Guardian (UK) | 3-6-2005 | Robin McKie
Posted on 03/06/2005 3:02:28 PM PST by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1357355/posts

Ice sheets drive atmospheric carbon dioxide levels, inverting previous ice-age theory
EurekAlert! News | July 24, 2006 | Staff
Posted on 07/26/2006 12:10:49 PM PDT by DaveLoneRanger
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1672716/posts

Polar History Shows Melting Ice-Cap may be a Natural Cycle
Scotsman | Wed 9 Mar 2005 | IAN JOHNSTON
Posted on 03/09/2005 10:28:29 AM PST by West Coast Conservative
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1359338/posts

Warmer temperatures a natural phenomenon, new study indicates
New Zealand Herald | March 23, 2002 | Associated Press
Posted on 03/21/2002 7:06:52 PM PST by aculeus
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/651273/posts

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He offered himself as a candidate for Grand Poobah and WE ALL know how that came out.

[BJClinton]

Pharmboy's fault.

The dude's premise would seem to hold true in many other instances. Why did the Americas and Africa lag so far behind? Perhaps they did not go through the trauma of climate change and thus were not forced to 'civilize'. Living in abundant flora and fauna they had no need to advanced agriculture or commerce.

[Pharmboy]

Ha...thanks for putting me up there in such good company.

And, that theory of cold climate and civil advance has been around. This latest association may add fuel to that fire. Thanks...

[Robert A Cook PE]

And, I always like compliments from someone with "dame" as part of their name!

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Ought be damedyankee, actually....

[tioga]

Let's see if this thread can avoid somebody posting "Bush's fault."

Mmmm, you already posted it first.

[tioga]

ti peaks in and wonders where she is.......she spots Robt and understands........

[Pharmboy]

[CobaltBlue]

Let's see if this thread can avoid somebody posting "Bush's fault."

Amen, brother. From your lips to God's ears.

I believe that kings and suchlike are the functional equivalent of the Mafia. They demand tribute or else. The only useful function they serve is "protection" from other Mafia dons and their goon squads.

I am a city lover, myself. Cities are exciting places full of interesting people doing interesting things. Innovations spread faster, and are improved faster, due to crossing back and forth between an aggregation of people with many different abilities.

[Dustbunny]

Interesting !!!

[Lintilla]

Ahem - if you read Brooks' paper you'll see that he's claiming the development of "civilization" was associated with a cold, arid period. "Climate change" just means a change in the climate - hotter or colder. In this case it's colder. Can't people say anything about climate change without being accused of being "envirowacos", even when it's got nothing to do with global warming or the argument about what's going on today? Or is no discussion of climate change permitted at all, in case it lends credibility to all those greeny lefty types who claim it's happening and is a problem?

[Anticommie]

Ahem - if you read Brooks' paper you'll see that he's claiming the development of "civilization" was associated with a cold, arid period. "Climate change" just means a change in the climate - hotter or colder. In this case it's colder. Can't people say anything about climate change without being accused of being "envirowacos", even when it's got nothing to do with global warming or the argument about what's going on today?

Can somone explain to me why any change in climate in reference to more or less distant past is referred as "climate change", but when limited to past 50 years or present is always

"GLOBAL WARMING"

[SunkenCiv]

[SunkenCiv]

Note: this topic is from 9/07/2006. Thanks Pharmboy.

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[Larry Lucido]

Thanks. I was getting tired of all the Thompson/Hunter threads.

Wait, what year is this??