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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. First Post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    First Post.

  2. FIRST POST! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    FP FP FP

  3. Maynard was right... by Wolfhart · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    http://toolshed.down.net/lyrics/aenimamaster.html ...anyone else hearing Aenima in the background? ...learn to swim, learn to swim, learn to swim...

    1. Re:Maynard was right... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      No, but thanks now I have that song stuck in my head.

  4. Tv is full of propaganda by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Here it is, a must readhttp://www.vanguardnewsnetwork.com/lettersOct- Nov03/12604btlracism.htm

    1. Re:Tv is full of propaganda by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Very informative article. Thanks for posting it. Here's a related story which supports your thesis.

    2. Re:Tv is full of propaganda by Wolfhart · · Score: -1, Offtopic
      This below is from the site you linked;
      To: katiedidit1

      Absolutely incredible!!! Not Denmark, not Canada, not Sweden, not France, not Belgium or some other "enlighteded" hellhole, but right here in the US of A.

      The RED STATE people need to really get on the stick and keep rolling back this moral rot from the Blue State people.
      I think that comment speaks for itself. I also think the concept of Red vs Blue has been seen before. And good luck trying to compete with half of Europe in terms of humanitarian thinking. But I guess that's morally despicable in Bush's america. Wankers.
  5. Re:FINE! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This is Slashdot. For most of us it's more likely Hell freezes over before we even get a girlfriend.

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

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

  7. Re:fp? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    since when is RTFA a requirement for attempting fp?

  8. TROLL by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Anarchy sponsored troll. You will be modded down.

  9. Re:I wonder... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I dunno. Did you [burned] some fossil fuel to ask in a Slashdot post?

  10. Re:Planet Marduk and every 2600 yrs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Sumerians were right. Praise Jesus.

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

    Hey, captain liberal! Get a clue!

  12. 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/
  13. Re:Maya's announcing this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Please mod the parent -1, crackpot.

  14. 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.
  15. 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");
  16. Re:I'm sorry to say this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    However, listening to Rush Limbaugh makes you an expert in shoving your head so far up your ass that you think the sun has gone out.

  17. 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.
  18. 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