It would seem that a beast covered in fur would be opposed to the planet staying warm but I have to tell you guys, our fur ain’t made of Gore-Tex and Thinsulate – so I’m pretty stoked that a report out of London indicates that, like the Medieval Warm Period, our current climate situation is likely to be preventing a mini-Ice Age:
Without human carbon dioxide emissions the next ice age would be imminent, according to a Nature Geoscience study led by a UCL scientist.
In the paper, scientists led by Professor Chronis Tzedakis (UCL Geography) have been able to ‘fingerprint’ the timing of past ice age activations, or ‘glacial inceptions’ by identifying the onset of abrupt temperature changes in Greenland and Antarctica.
By applying this ‘fingerprint’ method to a nearly identical interglacial period with similar levels of summer solar radiation to our own current period, some 780 thousand years ago, the researchers have been able to determine that glacial inception would indeed be expected to occur sometime within the next 1500 years, a blink of an eye in the context of the Earth’s lifespan. But due to high CO2 levels, and associated radiative forcing of global temperatures, it is expected to be delayed.
Sweet.
In a related announcement, the sun is hot.
Not Kells hot but pretty hot nonetheless.
Dr. Imke de Pater of Berkeley University says some parts of Jupiter are now as much as six degrees Celsius warmer than just a few years ago.
Lgunter@shaw.ca
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six degrees Celsius,
Isn’t that supposed to spell death for us here on earth? So, if CO2 accelerates “Global warming.
Jupiter is 484 million miles from the sun, while Earth is a mere 93 million…
Did all those evil capitalist move to Jupiter, and set up a society without EPA oversite?
When’s the next shuttle leaving?
How many SUVs do you suppose are on Jupiter?
Inquiring minds want to know.
I don’t know, but if I’m right, and all those conservative capitalist did go there…
I’d like to add MINE!
Maybe if we did have another ice age, we could rid ourselves of some of societies “Leaches”.
Little theory of mine, I call it
“Raised bread, flat bread index”
Societies that delevoped raised bread had to have food stores to survive harsh climate, and other conditions. I belive this is how they discovered how to allow bread to rise before cooking. This meant if you didn’t produce, you die!
Societies that exist in more tropical regions could gather food all year long, and did not need to produce. The meal is gathered, grain for bread is prepared and consumed immediately resulting in flat bread.
The “Globalization” of the world has brought these two competing ideas into conflict.
One can’t understand why they should provide for other capable indivduals.
The other, why can’t they just “take” what they want.
Have fun with it!
Let me know what you think.
Sexy beast, you mustn’t allude to the night I was lost whilst hiking and started a fire in your cave. At the same time, I am very grateful for your directions (girls aren’t afraid to ask for them, you see.)
Gurlz that ask for and TAKE directions ……. Well ….be still my beating heart.
I’m happy to have provided the necessary warmth with my non-Thinsulate fur – but it is 100% organic!