Scientists say Arctic once was tropical

Associated Press ^ | May 31, 2006 | Seth Borenstein

[Zavien Doombringer]

UUummmm, does ice exist at 74deg? Just wondering how the particles got caught in the middle of a core sample...

It would be plausible if they got the samples from a rock bed on Greenland.... I mean, there isn't any land in the artic, it's a FLOATING icecap....

[Zavien Doombringer]

sure, you can make yourself burp, or let it happen naturally, only seems natural....

[Parmy]

It's not new. We studied this 40 years ago in high school science. Of course, it is news to the young journalists because they weren't taught this while they were in school. Plus, they stopped learning once they had finished college.

[LukeL]

At least Fred Flinstone was doing his part to save the Earth

[Diplomat]

Creationist ping.

Evolution does not predict this, yet the biblical canopy certainly does make this prediction.

Also note the "55 million years ago...spike in carbon dioxide..." Back in those days the half-life of C14 was different because of all the supernova activity; that, and I heard the dinosaurs were heavy smokers to boot.</s>

[doc30]

You posted while I was typing! Amazing what that thin spit of land has done to the world!

[eleni121]

You don't say...past global warming not connected with the industrial revolution and those horrible gas guzzlers? Tell me it ain't so...Algore will have to rethink and review his genius.

[TalBlack]

"55 million years ago there was a sudden supercharged spike of carbon dioxide that accelerated the greenhouse effect."

And how long would it take all of mankind to "cause" even a small fraction of this supercharged (natural) event?

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

BBC report here ,....but check the math carefully on the temperature changes.:

BBC: Arctic's tropical past uncovered ~~ ( So Global Warming isn't someting new....?)

[Waco]

Ancient earth just won't cooperate. Congress must pass a law or 2. algorejr,,,front and center!

[Almondjoy]

Isn't there a theory that the Earth can actually switch the position of it's axis?

If that's true that would explain this as well since the North Pole wouldn't of been the North Pole at that particular time.

That being said the axis shift theory probably happened a lot longer than 55 million years ago.

[beancounter13]

You know, I am surprised no one seems concerned about the materiality of the numbers. When did this "sudden supercharged spike" occur? Maybe from 55.00M years ago to 54.99M years ago?

Hmmm. That's still 10,000 years --much longer than currently recorded history, and even longer than the 100 years I can hope to live! I think science still has a long way to go before it can truly "prove" anything worthwhile on this front!

[Mike Darancette]

Isn't there a theory that the Earth can actually switch the position of it's axis?

The Sun Rising In The West, Polarity Reversals, Oral Histories and Science

Yes there are but you have to remember that the globe rotating on it's axis acts like a huge gyroscope hence it would be hard to physically flip.

[katiedidit1]

well, make plans NOW for that vacation home overlooking the anwr pipelines..where the bears and the caribou play:)

[Martins kid]

You are right - Continental Drift is the reason - not global warming. This is just another attempt by the liberals to stampede the ignorant masses.

[bandleader]

I normally(make myself burp)by drinking very cold seltzer!

[feedback doctor]

"It probably was (a tropical paradise) but the mosquitoes were probably the size of your head," said Yale geology professor Mark Pagani, a study co-author.

Liberal science use that type or words often.

[satchmodog9]

Uh. I knew about this thirty years ago when I was nine. GW is such a fraud.

[Almondjoy]

So you're saying they are mostly crackpot then huh?

[Cementjungle]

I wish I could live another 50 million years so I could see how it all turns out.