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Global Warming: Medieval Era Hotter than Today
The London Telegraph ^
| 06/04/2003)
| Robert Matthews
Posted on 04/06/2003 11:04:51 AM PDT by Francohio
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Memo to Al Gore and the Green Party
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posted on
04/06/2003 11:04:52 AM PDT
by
Francohio
To: Francohio
Got a direct link?
To: Francohio
Am I mistaken in recalling that the Vikings settled Greenland when it was relatively "green", and disappeared after the "little ice age" set in, due apparently to isolation, disease, and possibly eskimo attack?
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posted on
04/06/2003 11:10:37 AM PDT
by
marron
To: Francohio
bump
To: Sir Gawain
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posted on
04/06/2003 11:13:18 AM PDT
by
Francohio
To: marron
On the money, marron. Nat Geo Special.
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posted on
04/06/2003 11:14:19 AM PDT
by
Francohio
To: marron
Available hard data supports just what you said.
Looks like it's going to be one of those "be nice to your liberalism impaired friends" times. Life is only going to be evermore stressful for them.
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posted on
04/06/2003 11:31:43 AM PDT
by
GladesGuru
(In a society predicated upon liberty, it is essential to examine principles - -)
To: Francohio
Interesting article. I'm under the impression that the information is more or less common knowledge, but I guess that doesn't stop the global warming grant seekers.
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posted on
04/06/2003 11:32:18 AM PDT
by
Sam Cree
(liberals are the axis of evil)
To: Francohio
A professor of mine summed up the greenies position as someone that's never been the beech taking tide measures every hour in the morning, and predicting that in two weeks the world will be underwater. When you're dealing with data from the last 100 years of the earth's billion year life span you shouldn't go out making predictions.
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posted on
04/06/2003 11:51:34 AM PDT
by
lelio
To: Francohio
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posted on
04/06/2003 11:53:48 AM PDT
by
Bommer
(Tom Dasshole is a Domestic Enemy!!!)
To: blam
ping
To: marron
Am I mistaken in recalling that the Vikings settled Greenland when it was relatively "green", and disappeared after the "little ice age" set in, due apparently to isolation, disease, and possibly eskimo attack? Your reference to eskimo attack implies that the Vikings were entitled to displace the local population (if any) and, reflects a strictly Viking/European view. A more balanced view would be "eskimos repelling an invader".
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posted on
04/06/2003 11:58:29 AM PDT
by
staytrue
To: GladesGuru
Eleanor of Acquitaine had vinyards in England.
To: staytrue
It must've been miserable for the nuns--Europe under a hot spell and they had to wear those headdresses and robes.
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posted on
04/06/2003 12:01:20 PM PDT
by
Ciexyz
To: marron
Absolutely correct, but add starvation to your list of causes for the end of Viking settlement in Greenland.
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posted on
04/06/2003 12:06:42 PM PDT
by
Campion
To: marron
You are more or less correct...Greenland was a open invitation and the Vikings found the region to be fairly decent. The 'little ice age' really hindered exploration of the Atlantic...if it had not occurred...then America would be common knowledge by late 1300s.
To: Francohio
"...today's "unprecedented" temperatures are simply the result of examining temperature change over too short a period of time."
This is the point I've been trying to make about this for a while, myself. I mean, tree-rings and all are very nice, but how many 500 year old trees are there, in Europe, especially. And you have to cut the tree down to study its rings, no? I mean, really, when was the thermometer invented, anyway? When did we start keeping regular records of weather, accurate or not? Were there monks who kepts logs, even without measuring devices, "it's hot today, it's cold today, it snowed today, etc."? My understanding is that weather "records" go back about 125 years at this point. I'm happy to be enlightened by any knowledgable freepers out there.
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posted on
04/06/2003 12:06:58 PM PDT
by
jocon307
(The weather, everyone talks about it, no one does anything about it!)
To: jocon307
Monks were too busy making cheese ,wine and beer....then working on how to overcome odors.
To: Francohio
Re:
Global Warming: Medieval Era Hotter than Today
Which explains:
"One more 'Are we there yet?'
and I'm going medieval on your a$$!"
Want a break from war news? Go to the Stark Trek Freeper Post or the New Stark Trek Website for a laugh or two. Then come back refreshed and loaded for bear!
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posted on
04/06/2003 12:16:45 PM PDT
by
sonofatpatcher2
(Love & a .45-- What more could you want, campers? };^)
To: Francohio; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Grampa Dave
Memo to Al Gore and the Green PartyI'm quite certain the warming during this period was due to the heavy reliance on 4 Leg drive vehicles, commonly referred to then as HUV's (horse utility vehicles).
In addition the extreme use of wood burning for heat and cooking could have easily been avoided and saved the planet. Then again, its still here.....go figure.
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posted on
04/06/2003 12:27:47 PM PDT
by
BOBTHENAILER
(Just like Black September. One by one, we're gonna get 'em.)
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