100,000-Year Climate Pattern Linked To Sun's Magnetic Cycle

Science Daily ^ | 6-7-2002

[Travis McGee]

I always ask the green Chicken Littles what caused the great warming during the Viking era, when grapes were grown in Iceland.

They just stutter.

[RightWhale]

You are probably correct. We are due to crash back to Ice Age conditions any day now. The transition won't take more than a few years.

[Mulder]

We are due to crash back to Ice Age conditions any day now. The transition won't take more than a few years.

How long is a "few years"?

I wouldn't mind having four seasons down here in Florida.

[RightWhale]

10-20 years. When it starts you will have a lot of new neighbors.

[Mulder]

10-20 years. When it starts you will have a lot of new neighbors.

When it starts to happen, one can only hope that we have leaders wise enough to procure some more (warm) territory for the United States.

What is the best candidate? Mexico.

Give them an ultimatum: stop violating our borders. If they reject such as resonable proposal (as they will undoubtedly do, since history tells us that tyrannical government are rarely "reasonable"), we invade and take half of their damn country.

Now, being a compassionate and just people, we should compensate the oppressed Mexican peasants for any "inconvience" they will incur as a result of the previously mentioned events.

I say we give them the entire Northeast United States, and build a wall between that region and the "new" US. This could be done under the guise of "border security", but the REAL reason for it should be to keep the US-born northeastern liberals from leaving the region and contaminating the rest of us.

This solution would kill two birds with one stone.

[RightWhale]

The only problem with the Ice Age is the wheat fields in Canada will shut down. At the same time, new land that is now submerged will become above sea level. For example, Australia will become part of mainland Asia. All-in-all we'll come out about even.

[blam]

"Homo sapiens Sapiens (modern man) has only been on the planet for about 40,000 years."

The most widely accepted date is 125,000 years.

[blam]

The Rise And Fall Of The Vikings And The Little Ice Age

[blam]

"The only problem with the Ice Age is the wheat fields in Canada will shut down."

The price of rye in Germany vs time expressed as an index (Source: Lamb 1995) (Little Ice Age)

[Free the USA]

bttt

[BenLurkin]

True, as to Homo Sapien Neadertalensis aka Neanderthal "Man", and other almost human variants of Homo such as Homo Habilis ,
But true humans, (you and me) are Homo Sapien Sapien and did not appear until about 40,000 years ago.

[blam]

An Introduction To Homo Sapiens Sapiens Homo Sapiens Sapiens first appeared in Europe 40,000 years ago.

[edwin hubble]

". . . glacial and interglacial periods on earth during the last 200,000 years appear to be strongly linked to solar activity."

NJJ: Are we sure that the sun is not heating up because of the greenhouse gasses on earth, caused by man's evolution over this same period?

1. There is clear indication that atmospheric CO2 is increasing in Earth's atmosphere (data from Mauna Kea).
2. Also, there is some indication that Earth's global temperature fell slightly from the 1940's to the 1970's, then rose appreciably from the 1970's through today.
3. We know the sun has cycles (in addition to the 11 year sunspot cycle) and we don't understand them well.

There is causal link between the sun's activity and Earth's temperatures, but we don't understand the mechanisms well, nor all the different cycles.
There is probably a causal link between CO2 and Earth temperatures, but it is not the only factor involved. For instance, why did the Earth cool from the 1940's through the 1970's, during a time a huge increases in CO2 concentration?

Without any global warming processes in our atmosphere, the Earth would prabably be in an ice age. It is a matter of balance, and there are many factors. Some we understand and some we don't.