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Global Warming - From Inside the Globe

Posted by michael on from the crispy-on-the-outside dept.

Bill Kendrick writes "The National Post reports that a team of American and Canadian researchers has found evidence of real global warming: the temperature of the Earth's crust is increasing at a remarkable rate. What's really interesting is that heat absorbed by rocks slowly permeates into the earth. By boring holes in the ground, they can tell how hot the earth was years ago, in a 'reading tree rings' fashion."

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  1. Re:Oh god, not again by AJWM · · Score: 5, Informative

    higher than they were in 1500

    Well, duh, ever hear of the Little Ice Age? Circa 1400 to 1800, give or take a half century. Prior to that (about 1000 to 1300), temperatures were warmer than they are today. In England farmers raised wine grapes, the Norse had dairy farms in Greenland.

    Climate change happens. Ten thousand years ago a good part of North America (and Europe) was under a mile of ice. I suppose humans take the blame for melting that?

    Get a grip.

    --
    -- Alastair
  2. Re:Oh god, not again by foofboy · · Score: 5, Informative

    Also from the article:

    "Dr. Beltrami and his colleagues from the University of Michigan found that more than half of the land's heat gain over the past 500 years came during the 20th century, and 30% since 1950."

    Try to keep an open mind.