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See for example the year without a summer (1816). As far as cherry-picking goes to suit a case, this also sounds like a pristine example. Even worse then what
by stinos 7y ago
See for example the year without a summer (1816).
As far as cherry-picking goes to suit a case, this also sounds like a pristine example. Even worse then what you are countering, since it is only one single year.
There are periods of human history where it was warmer than it is now.
Well, yes, but what does that prove?
The buildings were made with logs from trees that do not exist there today because it is cooler now
You make this sound as evidence of something, but what? That the people shipped trees there from somewhere else? That those trees grew there but now are extinct due to some disease or bug?
Don't get me wrong, I'm open to whatever evidence provided, but if you're going to go against something at least come up with quality arguments. None of what you wrote supports a solid case against the anomalies presented.
- fnordsensei 7y agoI'm guessing it's some variation of "we know of climate change in the past that was not caused by humans, therefore no climate change is caused by humans". For the record, we do know of at least one instance of positive climate change in the past caused by humans. Genghis Khan famously went on a huge murderous rampage (some estimate that he directly and indirectly caused the death of ~10% of the world population), causing massive forest regrowth in previously populated areas, which in turn scrubbed CO2 out of the atmosphere. https://carnegiescience.edu/news/war-plague-no-match-deforestation-driving-co2-buildup https://carnegiescience.edu/news/war-plague-no-match-defores...
- stinos 7y agoThanks, first time I hear about this. Interesting!
- shusson 7y agoRegardless of his counter-example, I think the chosen time period is too short to mean anything significant. I'm not saying global warming isn't a concern, but that graphs like these are not useful in reference to global warming. I mean imagine if in a decade global temperatures drop for a decade, are we going to assume global warming isn't an issue anymore?