Fingerprint of ancient abrupt climate change found in Arctic [Younger Dryas]

Phys dot org ^ | July 9, 2018 | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

[SunkenCiv]

It's only logical if the shifts can be shown to gradually change climate, or if a sudden shift caused a radical change in climate.

[SunkenCiv]

Large catastrophic flooding events have been a problem from time to time, and in the time of humans on the Earth, a category in which belongs both the separation of Britain from Eurasia (see above), and the Younger Dryas flood event(s), and the Skoregga landslide tsunami. There are plenty of topics about all three on FR, best to try surfing the keywords.

Time Team Special 51 (2013) - Britain's Stone Age Tsunami

Storegga Landslide & Tsunami.mov

[Alas Babylon!]

The Mackenzie River's outflow is into the Beaufort sea, part of the Arctic Ocean, and much closer to Alaska's North Slope and the Bering Sea (which is part of the Pacific). The North Atlantic is much further away, and a there is amass of islands, Baffin Bay, and then the Labrador sea, until you get to the North Atlantic proper.

I always heard that they assumed it was freshwater outflow from the Saint Lawrence river (what little there was of it, covered with ice) and a subsequent ice dam along Newfoundland and Nova Scotia burst.

The Mackenzie River just seems to far away.

Note the Mackenzie River way over to the Northwest on this map. Almost outflows in Alaska.

[Grimmy]

Heh.

I was gonna post that to you.

I still think that the deep bowl in the ocean floor off the south west corner of Ireland is a massive plunge pool.

[Alas Babylon!]

Here's a better map showing the distance to the Bering Sea versus the Labrador Sea.

[SunkenCiv]

:^) It is said, and said truly, of the hero Finn McCuil, that if one day goes by without his name being mentioned, the world will come to an end...

[SunkenCiv]

It’s all one world ocean; as long as the event left evidence, that’s what happened. :^)

[no-to-illegals]

Thank you for your post. The post was informative and accurate. Once more thank you

[Paul R.]

No, that’s NOT all that is being discussed in the article — it tries to tie YD to present day patterns, and my point is that the situation today is nothing like that which preceded YD.

If anyone doubts this, read the full article again...

[SunkenCiv]

Okay, thanks.

[Paul R.]

Ok here, too. Hope I didn’t sound too grouchy. Just found a bad infestation of bedbugs at my elderly Mom’s house. Probably came in with one of the sitters. Really nasty problem, and my wife and I are already overwhelmed with the care and financial problems associated w/ Mom’s care...

Have a great rest of the week & weekend!

[SunkenCiv]

Bedbugs are the worst. They only need to eat once in two years, so they're difficult to bait and poison. The institutional way of dealing with them (this has happened where work) is to fumigate and tape the cracks around doors and windows (old school), or to seal it up with a heater and maintain a keep-warm oven temp for 48 hours. Or to put it another way, they suck.