[Grizzled Bear]

The Earth had suddenly cooled then, and ice surrounded the Aleutian Islands nearly year-round, said Rick Knecht, an archaeologist and University of Alaska Fairbanks professor.

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The Earth had been much warmer and then was cooler? Does Al Gore know about this?

[WL-law]

The Earth had been much warmer and then was cooler? Does Al Gore know about this?

Well, the writer hasn't strayed from the politically correct reference to climate change, i.e., that the "Earth had suddenly cooled then". "

Was it really "suddenly"? If so claimed, then what does that word possibly mean? But of course it conjures up the right fears.