[xkaydet65]

Greenland, when settled by Eric the Red, was green. Scandinavia, in 1000 AD had a six and a half month growing season. As the author said wine was cultivated by the Romans in Britain. It was not until the 1000s that it was replaced by beer and mead.

I'm sure that industrialization has had some effect on climate, but climatic cycles are readily identifiable to anyone who can read tree rings and ice cores.

[xcamel]

One of the great embarassing truths is that we have trees that tell the cyclic story, and thet are up to 3500 years old -