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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group

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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (187883)6/1/2006 6:55:14 PM
From: Brumar89  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
Scientists are still predicting a new ice age, only this time they're attributing it to a rise in CO2 (heh):

A new European ice age?

Image: NASA/GSFC. The Gulf Stream and North Atlantic Currents. Colors show differences in phytoplankton concentration (blue is cool plankton-rich water, red is warm plankton-poor water).

November 1, 1997: According to a recent paper in Nature, rising atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations may cause sharp cooling in Western Europe. ...

naturalscience.com

Time's 1972 cover story opened with a quote from geologist writing in Science magazine:

If the earth's recent history is any clue, says Marine Geologist Cesare Emiliani of the University of Miami, a new ice age could become a reality. MWriting in Science, Emiliani reports that the earth has undergone at least eight periods of extreme cold and seven of torrid heat in the past 400,000 years. ..

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Another Ice Age?
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