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Once Lush Sahara Dried Up Over Millennia, Study Says
National Geographic News ^ | 5-8-2008 | James Owen

Posted on 05/08/2008 7:08:12 PM PDT by blam

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1 posted on 05/08/2008 7:08:12 PM PDT by blam
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To: SunkenCiv
GGG Ping.


2 posted on 05/08/2008 7:09:23 PM PDT by blam (Secure the border and enforce the law)
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I told the Pharaohs to quit driving their Hummers.


3 posted on 05/08/2008 7:09:35 PM PDT by inkling
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President Bush’s fault!


4 posted on 05/08/2008 7:10:58 PM PDT by Ken522
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Exodus From Drying Sahara Gave Rise to Pharaohs, Study Says
5 posted on 05/08/2008 7:11:33 PM PDT by blam (Secure the border and enforce the law)
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The thrust of the article seems to be that past theories on the drying of the Sahara were incorrect, because we don't really understand how these things work. But even so, the conclusion doesn't change a bit:

"Now, today, man is probably causing the same thing," he said.

6 posted on 05/08/2008 7:14:56 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Et si omnes ego non)
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AAAAH, so the Pharaohs were empowered by Climate Change. They were like the Halliburton of their day!!! ;-)


7 posted on 05/08/2008 7:17:00 PM PDT by inkling
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Camel flatulence?


8 posted on 05/08/2008 7:17:42 PM PDT by doc1019 (Obama: "I Will Raise Taxes.")
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To: blam; IrishCatholic; Normandy; Delacon; TenthAmendmentChampion; Horusra; CygnusXI; Fiddlstix; ...
Here.

 




Beam me to Planet Gore !

9 posted on 05/08/2008 7:21:54 PM PDT by steelyourfaith
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” Once Lush Sahara Dried Up Over Millennia, Study Says...”

I thought this was a story of a gal who gave up the bottle and became sober. =)


10 posted on 05/08/2008 7:22:35 PM PDT by Redcitizen (What we need is a Grand Army of the Republic.)
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“because if climate computer models don’t work for the past, they probably won’t work for the future.”


11 posted on 05/08/2008 7:22:35 PM PDT by Ratblaster (HILLARY 08 Bring Back the Crooked Hillbillies)
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You mean climate is affected by things other than human activity? What a novel concept!


12 posted on 05/08/2008 7:25:52 PM PDT by popdonnelly (Concerned about the price of arugula)
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To: steelyourfaith

While you are touring outer space,check out this planet.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=nVZ5KTxyOOY


13 posted on 05/08/2008 7:25:53 PM PDT by Redcitizen (What we need is a Grand Army of the Republic.)
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I remember a show on TV about ancient Carthage. They stated that the area around Carthage 2000 years ago got quite a bit more rain than it does now. It was a prime agricultural area and that is one reason, along with trade, that Carthage was so rich and powerful.


14 posted on 05/08/2008 7:30:12 PM PDT by yarddog
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A phrase worth repeating.


15 posted on 05/08/2008 7:32:58 PM PDT by Rocky
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If Gore really believed in Global Warming, he’d buy the Sahara and wait. I mean how much could it cost?


16 posted on 05/08/2008 7:34:55 PM PDT by DannyTN
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Damn turbocharged camels!

(many know the joke, but I’ll bet nobody has pictures!)


17 posted on 05/08/2008 8:21:25 PM PDT by G Larry (HILLARY CARE = DYING IN LINE!)
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“I remember a show on TV about ancient Carthage. They stated that the area around Carthage 2000 years ago got quite a bit more rain than it does now. It was a prime agricultural area and that is one reason, along with trade, that Carthage was so rich and powerful.”

You don’t need a TV to see evidence of this - it’s in any Bible. Even a rabid atheist would have to agree that The Bible is a useful historical record. Hard to believe that Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, etc were described as fairly lush places in Biblical times.

It was those Jews driving their low Parsa’ot per Kav guzzlers that caused the warming that caused everything to dry up. This was clearly described by Al-Gor in some recently found writings. /s


18 posted on 05/08/2008 9:57:35 PM PDT by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.")
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Thanks blam.
 
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19 posted on 05/08/2008 10:02:37 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_______________________Profile updated Monday, April 28, 2008)
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See Herodotus, also:
Evolution in Your Face
by Patrick Huyghe
Omni
Lake Victoria, Africa's largest lake, is home to more than 300 species of cichlids. These fish, which are popular in aquariums, are deep-bodied and have one nostril, rather than the usual two, on each side of the head. Seismic profiles and cores of the lake taken by a team headed by Thomas C. Johnson of the University of Minnesota, reveal that the lake dried up completely about 12,400 years ago. This means that the rate of speciation of cichlid fishes has been extremely rapid: something on average of one new species every 40 years!

20 posted on 05/08/2008 10:03:20 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_______________________Profile updated Monday, April 28, 2008)
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