[ale] Disappointed in the recent climate research hack

[Jeff Lightner]

There was a documentary of some sort I saw recently where they believe
the cooling then was caused by a massive volcanic eruption spewing ash
into the atmosphere.  As I recall this was an eruption that made
Krakatoa (which caused
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_Without_a_Summer) look like a
firecracker in comparison.

The documentary talked about how various scientists doing different
things had found oddities in their areas of specialty in different
locations (geology, oceanography etc...) that when put together all
pointed to the same conclusion.   Unfortunately I don't remember if that
was a Nova program or something else but it was quite fascinating.

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drifter
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Subject: Re: [ale] Disappointed in the recent climate research hack

With all due respect, Greg, European history is very clear about the
effects 
of the mini-ice age. There are too many reports of years without summer.
I think your "sacred models" need to be retired to the Dark Ages from 
whence they almost certainly came.
Scientists have documented (via tree-ring dating) the same climatic
cooling 
in North America as well. The Anasazi (the PC designation is now
Ancestral 
Puebloans) left the area around Mesa Verde about 1300 a.d., driven out
by 
the double whammy of colder and longer winters (which shortened the
growing 
season) and reduced rainfall.  Obviously >something< happened in the
13th 
century that caused the climate in the Nrthern Hemisphere to
dramatically 
cool. And before that cool-down began, it was much warmer.
Why; damned if I know.
But it happened.

Sean



On Tuesday 24 November 2009 13:19:42 Greg Freemyer wrote:
> As to the Little Ice Age, the sacred models clearly show this never
> happened, so it has been agreed by all concerned to disregard this
> legend from the past.
> 
> Greg
> 
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