26 Jun 2006
First compilation of tropical ice cores shows two abrupt global climate shifts

Repeat after me: there is no global warming ... there is no global warming ... there is no global warming ... pass the sunblock ...

The only real question is if we (as in humans) are the cause: on that there can be legitimate debate. But even if we're not the problem, we'd better be the solution, or there's gonna be a hot time in the old town tomorrow.

For the first time, glaciologists have combined and compared sets of ancient climate records trapped in ice cores from the South American Andes and the Asian Himalayas to paint a picture of how climate has changed - and is still changing - in the tropics. Their conclusions mark a massive climate shift to a cooler regime that occurred just over 5,000 years ago.

(link) [EurekAlert! - Breaking News]

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