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Major Climate Change 5,200 Years Ago Could Repeat

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the meteorology-and-future-prediction dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The climate was altered suddenly some 5,200 years ago with severe impacts. Famouse glaciologist professor Lonnie Thompson have found clues that show history repeating itself. Thompson has spent his career trekking to the far corners of the world to find remote ice fields and then bring back cores drilled from their centers. Within those cores are the records of ancient climate from across the globe. He outlined his fears today at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco. 'The evidence clearly points back to this point in history and to some event that occurred. It also points to similar changes occurring in today's climate as well,' he said."

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  1. Re:Gaia by cakefool · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I for one...Aghkk! Mustn't!

  2. Re:Hey Hey Captain Obvious! by JustinXB · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Hey, captain liberal! Get a clue!

  3. Re:Oh no! by untaken_name · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Yes, it would make a lot of sense for a Fox-made movie to promote ABCNNBCBS. It would be like all those Pepsi commercials where people prefer drinking Coke.
    You know, cause the other news networks so freely promote Fox News, right? I mean...

    Note: I don't really care for corporate self-promotion in movies (or product placement, for that matter) but acting as though Fox is horrible for that reason is just stupid.

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    http://xkcd.com/386/
  4. Re:laugh while you can, monkey boy by TrollBridge · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I think people like him are beyond humor. They see everything that deviates from their point of view as a personal attack, and their only recourse is to lash out at it. Sad, really, cuz there's a lot of good tongue-in-cheek humor out there that these people simply refuse to enjoy out of some sanctimonious crusade to get everyone to be as miserable as themselves.

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    There's a Mercedes gap too. I want one and can't afford one, but it's not government's job to do anything about it.
  5. Re:Possibly a good thing by mr_snarf · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    gobal
    This is not a word. When you learn to form your thoughts into correctly spelled words, then you can come back and share your wisdom on global climate issues.
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    printf("Goodbye cruel world!\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b");
  6. Re:Global Warming ... by b-baggins · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    In the liberal lexicon, maybe. From a political ideology, they are about equal: state control of industry and the economy, secret police, tyranny, etc.

    The only reason libs call fascism right wing is because it generally includes a healthy dose of racism, which is preached as a "conservative" sin, while Communism promotes atheism, which is preached as enlightenment.

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    You can tell a great deal about the character of a man by observing those who hate him.
  7. Re:I'm sorry to say this by Cally · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Pay attention, Oligonicella. You're about to learn something!

    The post you replied to was sarcastic . The fact that you failed to realise that is ironic . Now go away and study some facts before shooting your mouth off in public.

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    "None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free." -- Goethe