“Black Death” Marburg Virus; Growing Season Shrinking; Adaptogens (e20)

Outbreak of new “Marburg” virus–for which there is no cure–and thoughts from a physician. Stories from the frontier. More on herbal tonics; hypothyroidism. Follow up thoughts from farmer in Indiana, Richard. And more.

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Crop losses continue, exponentially increasing extreme weather events, and volcanic/seismic activity: many indications that the effects of the Grand Solar Minimum continue to accelerate. START MOVING TOWARDS SELF-SUFFICIENCY TODAY.

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Elites Constructing “Alt-Ag;” Plant Anatomy, Power to the Individual, Grand Solar Minimum News!  (Ep12)

Elites Constructing “Alt-Ag;” Plant Anatomy, Power to the Individual, Grand Solar Minimum News! (Ep12)

Today: Grand Solar Minimum news: Elites Constructing “Alt-Ag;” Plant Anatomy, Power to the Individual! (Ep12)

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Soil, Natural Cycles, Indiana & Germany Farm Reports, Peas (Ep 11)

Today: IAF takes a step back, and starts from the beginning: the philosophies of organic/biodynamic/no-till farming begin with good soil husbandry. Natural
cycles. Updates on crop losses in Norway, Germany, Indiana.

BOOK of the DAY: The Self-Sufficient Gardener (John Seymore, 1980)
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ITEM of the DAY: Grodan 1″ cubes, used for aquaponic/hydroponic starts:
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1. Daily Steps – 2:56
2. Ice Breaker – 8:18
https://www.agweb.com/article/this-year-has-been-anything-but-normal-naa-john-herath/

3. Special: Intro to Self Sufficient Gardening: Natural Cycles and Soil – 12:43
SIX RULES of organic philosophy according to John Seymour’s 1980 “Self Sufficient Gardener”:
1. Work with, not against, nature.
2. Nature is diverse; so too must we practice diversity.
3. Must husband other forms of life in environments as close as possible to those in which that life evolved.
4. Must return to the soil as much as we remove/harvest from it (law of conservation I’d energy at work)
5. Feed the soil, not the plant
6.must observe nature as a whole, never any single part of it.
4. Community Feedback 38:36
– addition to the potato towers / tires in garden
added to: http://wiki.iceagefarmer.com/wiki/Tires
– note on plague
– wood gasifier
added to: http://wiki.iceagefarmer.com/wiki/Wood_Gasifier

Send your questions, suggestions, ground reports to iceagefarmer@gmail.com

5. Grand Solar Minimum News 43:52
“Worst flood South Asia has seen in decades.” 24 Million affected by flood now
http://www.arabnews.com/node/1148886/world

Fungus making leaves change/drop, even in August
http://www.wcvb.com/article/fungus-attacking-trees-giving-sign-of-fall-in-the-summer/12010669A
(if it IS a fungus, this is an effect of the wet summer, thanks to GSM.
if it’s not, then the leaves are changing/dropping too early, fall coming soon.
either way, this is due to the changes in the sun’s output, and concerning).

Norway’s farmers’ harvests PITIFUL
Just as David Dilley described, cooling/warming start from the poles, moves inward.
Makes sense to see it there first, although:

Norway’s Washout Summer – Farmers Despair


Gerd and Olaf have been farmers for almost 40 years. They have never experienced a worse summer.
“The animals do not want to go into this shit either,” says Olaf. “And if they go, their teats get dirty, and then milk quality can be a problem.”

Plant Hardiness maps (via Bob Felix, iceagenow.info):
https://www.iceagenow.com/PlantHardinessMaps.htm
Straight from the USDA’s mouth, zones are shifting — it’s getting colder.

Popocatepetl volcato erupts during Solar Eclipse
http://strangesounds.org/2017/08/popocatepetl-volcano-erupts-during-solar-eclipse-on-august212017-video-pictures.htmlq

Translation of article on Solar Grand Minimum we’re experiencing:

Solar Cycle Continues To Be The Weakest In 2 Centuries

Other headlines, not covered in Podcast (focus on solutions):
record cold in Russia,
the snowfalls in Canada (not at elevation),
noctilucent clouds over England
— these and MANY, MANY more, twitter.com/IceAgeFarmer

6. Crop Focus: Peas (47:53)
Nitrogen-fixing, great for microgreens, super easy to grow to seed.

Ep #7: “Lucifer’s Snow,” Grief, Romans, and the Case for Cows

Today: blackberries, climate as a factor in the decline of the Roman Empire (and ours!), Lucifer heatwave vs. August snows, and whether a cow makes sense for a self-sufficient property, in Ice Age Farmer Ep #7!

Ice Age Farmer Ep #7

IAF007: 8/4/2017 — Full Moon Show!
Mapping a path forward to prosperity, building resilient communities; sharing knowledge in the GSM

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SHOW NOTES:

1. Daily Steps: folks from IAF community share experiences, lessons, and progress towards food security
A few folks starting moringa, glad to see.
Great Laker: successfully merged five young pullets in to a coop of older hens and they are all getting along, ( harder than it sounds) I sewed a bunch of gauze (tule) bags and put them over my heirloom pepper plants to keep them from cross pollinating. I did some cleaning in my greenhouse of the stuff left behind from growing seedlings earlier. The rest of the day I sat around watching youtube videos, especially ones about raising rabbits. A project maybe for next year.
Rockers 78: put terraced shelves along the afternoon sun side brick wall with 5 shelves and grew different veggies on each shelf, trying something new. You would be surprised on how much food one needs to grow to support a family. I would recommend to grow 60% of whatever grows well for you, that you can trade others who garden
Jim: attempting to build with
Me: blackberries. scratched all over, fingers are purple. need more, they go fast on my son’s pancakes
ton of starts in the AP
Moringa — the two biggest were getting some spots, leaf rot. may be that had been watering from above, saw a mold that can result. did repot them, both in one huge pot — mistake?
Moved the two dwarf moringa starts in high-intensity lighting zone, since they’re struggling
IAF advisory: don’t use 2″ nft

2. “Ice Breaker”: history section
Solar Hibernation responsible for the decline of both the Roman Empire and the modern West ?
By Dr. Sam Khoury
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/opinion/30322133

3. NEWS:

SNOW IN AUGUST / TOO COLD:
Snow in Colorado:
http://www.9news.com/mobile/article/weather/weather-colorado/its-august-and-there-was-snow-on-monarch-pass/462042816?scroll=0
We failed to bring the heat:
https://www.agweb.com/mobile/blog/the-hueber-report/we-failed-to-bring-the-heat/

SOLAR WATER HEATERS DESTROYED BY QUICK FREEZE:
http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/melbournes-frosty-winter-blast-sees-solar-hot-water-panels-burst-around-the-city-20170703-gx3dfd.html
also tons of pipes
Our infrastructure simply will not keep up.

DATA: Entomologists warning pests are more dangerous due to cool weather:
“Planting dates were late in many areas and cool weather has slowed plant growth, leading to delayed maturity in many areas. These late maturing crops may remain vulnerable to pest injury longer than usual,”
https://www.agweb.com/article/stink-bugs-on-the-move-in-soybeans-naa-rhonda-brooks/

LUCIFER Heatwave — the lightbringer. 50C/122F – issuing WARNINGS across S. Europe. > 40’C, wildfires sparking, evacuations
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/lucifer-heat-wave-parts-europe-red-alert-49051297
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/13/southern-europe-swelters-heatwave-sparks-wildfires-spain-greece-italy

CULT OF CLIMATE CHANGE:
GERMANS more afraid of climate change than terrorism / mass immigration:
https://www.rt.com/news/398380-germans-climate-change-poll/
PETS NEED TO GO, according to Prof. Greg Okin, UCLA, they produce too much CO2!
http://investmentwatchblog.com/crazy-cat-looney-liberals-now-say-that-americans-must-give-up-their-pets-in-order-to-stop-global-warming/

HAIL NO:
Haxton, CO on 8/2/2017:

LIGHTNING
Los Angeles Beaches closed by LIGHTNING:

RAIN/FLASH FLOODING
People, cars rescued after flash flood sweeps through Flint area
http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2017/08/people_cars_rescued_after_flas.html

4. Questions:
Zach: how to inform others, it sounds crazy to them, they don’t believe it, i don’t want them to think i’ve gone insane
great question. can only share as much with someone as they are willing to hear. but do that!
the important part is that WE ALL SHARE THIS INFORMATION — when people hear a little bit from 3 different directions, they start to pay attention, and will TURN ON and investigate themselves
that is among the reasons i do this show.
it’s not until they TURN ON that they can be receptive, it’s just the way it is

I’m empathetic person,
I’ve been thinking a lot about this as well, because there’s a huge component of GRIEF
Grief’s first stage is denial.
Denial is supported by the MEDIA, who are also DENIAL, and in fact FULL FORCE AGENDA WARMING
as well as by the PEOPLE AROUND YOU WHO DON’T KNOW

why grieve? for the future we no longer have, for our children, for the ability to live in the reality that everyone else around us still is plugged into; it’s a matrix moment
why fear? for loss of abundance, food, water, loss of civil society and physical security, famine/war, the cryptocratic state using hunger to control people, …
can be helpful, to write or enumerate, as i just did: write down what’s been lost, or what you fear
then do the same for what we can celebrate:
collapse of the absolutely, perfectly corrupt economy
demise of anyone who watches reality television
a return — a requisite one, but a return nonetheless — to living in harmony with nature, and human community
a rebirth
hold these things close.

Back on grief/denial :: it’s really important to wake up each morning and “set an intention,” remind yourself of your own conclusions and convictions, and follow through on acting on them, throughout the day.

I really feel for all of us, who are gaining this knowledge, and really celebrate those of us who integrate it into their life, and make positive changes.

these are hard conclusions, but they are supported by hard data.

as for continuing to appear sane to those around you, i’ll offer you F Scott Fitzgerald:
The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function. F. Scott Fitzgerald

with that, Ep 8 IAF, Mapping a path forward to prosperity through resilient, self-sufficient communities; sharing knowledge in the GSM

Photo Credit: Eddie Larsen, Facebook.

Ep #6: ‘Abrupt Earth Changes’ from 14th Century, Happening NOW Again; Building on a new Property, News, more

IAF006: 8/3/2017
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http://iceagefarmer.com/docs/black-death-and-abrupt-earth-changes-2.pdf

Also mentioned: HeartMath’s research into heart/ANS synchronization with Geomagnetic Activity:
http://iceagefarmer.com/docs/McCraty-HRVtoGeomagneticSolar.pdf

3. NEWS:

SPACE LIGHTNING over Australia (7/19):

VOLCANOES
3 Volcanoes on first day(s) of August: #Sinabung (#Indonesia), #Poas (#CostaRica), #Sheveluch (#Russia)

Dramatic volcanic eruptions around the world: Sinabung (Indonesia), Poas (Costa Rica), Sheveluch (Russia)

LIGHTNING:
35 Fatalities, 48 hours, India:

Anomalous lightning kills 35 people in 48 hours in Odisha, India

FLOODING:
213 Gujarat (West India) — we tend to focus on the human aspects, but the CROP LOSSES are huge here as well
https://watchers.news/2017/08/01/gujarat-flood-death-toll/

CLIMATE FRAUD
Australian Weather Bureau found to be FALSIFYING CLIMATE DATA, just the latest fraud:
Eight degrees of cooling magically disappears
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-08-01/aussie-weather-bureau-busted-tampering-climate-data
http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/31/australia-weather-bureau-caught-tampering-with-climate-numbers/ http://joannenova.com.au/2017/08/scandal-australian-bureau-of-meteorology-caught-erasing-cold-temperatures/

SCIENCE:
Study finds [more!] evidence that the Sun is externally powered, electric universe:
https://watchers.news/2017/08/01/study-provides-evidence-for-externally-powered-sun/

WINTER ALL OVER THE GLOBE — adapt 2030’s latest:

4. Questions:
(a) “Ethan Asher” writes in:
Is home owner ship the only way to start preparing for what’s coming. I ask because a lot of the hydro/aqua ponics set ups I’ve seen don’t seem feasible in a 2 bedroom apartment.
“Max Smith” nails it!
Apartment living is perfect because now you will have to overcome many limitations of your living space to grow food. What you learn in the overcoming is going to be your best harvest. Get started–please.
Adding to that, on two fronts:
1. skills. become valuable to community. imagine food pouring forth from your hands with ease, under any number of conditions. become that person.
look into urban farming, urban homesteading, and urban prepping.

(b) Back to Paul D, where do I start with my new property?
I want to throw this out to the audience — what are your favorite sources for picking up new sustainable practices?
My 2c, consider: PDC. philosophies
Also: urban farmers, Growing your Greens, have lots of videos, good understanding of how to fit good growth in small space
Library: old books: encyc of country living, catalog of mother earth news. Lots to learn, these will give you giblets, hints at directions to try.
Jack Spirko survival podcast, knowledgable guy, great community of folks, expert council — inspiration for this show.

Ep #5: Great Famine of 1315, Grand Solar Minimum news, the Bitcoin “fork,” goats, chickens, peppermint, a hydroponics failure, and more

Ice Age Farmer Podcast Ep #5: Great Famine of 1315, Grand Solar Minimum news, the Bitcoin “fork,” goats, chickens, peppermint, a hydroponics failure, and more! Feedback/questions: iceagefarmer@gmail.com

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IAF005: 7/29/2017
Mapping a path forward to prosperity in an uncertain future.

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SHOW NOTES:
1. Daily Steps
– Jhere McKenzie: growing sprouts, enjoying the addition of raw living food, and resulting energy!
– Cheryl writes with some terrific information on goats: Nigerian dwarf, pygora, LaMancha. and Icelandic chickens!
Peppermint problem!
Hydroponics failure: 2″ NFT outgrown by kale!

2. “Ice Breaker”: history section
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Famine_of_1315%E2%80%9317

Reminder:
– IAF is available on iTunes: http://iceagefarmer.com/itunes
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3. NEWS:
GO TO HAIL:
Turkey, 10cm (4″) diameter:

Plane nose collapsed by hail:

“Freak” Italian hail storm in late July:

Italian beach turns white after freak hailstorm sweeps across Grottammare (video)


Spain:
https://watchers.news/2017/07/24/rubielos-de-mora-spain-hailstorm-july-23-2017/

EARLY WINTER — FREEZE ALREADY HITTING RUSSIA IN LATE JULY!!!!!!
Madagan: https://www.iceagenow.info/rare-early-freeze-russia/
via http://hmn.ru/index.php?index=1&ts=170728120250

VOLCANO:

Iceland shaking:

Largest earthquake swarm in years rattles Fagradalsfjall volcano with more than 500 quakes in Iceland

Sinabung volcano: http://strangesounds.org/2017/07/apocalyptical-lahar-destroys-16-houses-after-eruption-of-sinabung-in-indonesia-video.html

WTF:

Finland building giant underground city — “in case of Russian invasion”

Finland builds massive underground CITY to prepare for Russia invasion (video)

FLOODING:
115,000 dislocated people in Myanmar:
https://watchers.news/2017/07/25/myanmar-flood-july-2017/
https://www.sott.net/article/357466-Major-flood-damage-following-heavy-local-rainshowers-in-Western-Norway
110″ of rain, 4 days, India:
https://www.sott.net/article/357712-110-inches-of-rain-in-just-four-days-hits-Mount-Abu-in-Rajasthan-India
Nevada receives 2ft (60cm) !!!! in the Elk Ridge:
https://watchers.news/2017/07/26/flash-floods-las-vegas-valley-july-2017/

Fire:
France
https://www.sott.net/article/357507-Ecological-catastrophe-Thousands-forced-to-evacuate-as-massive-wildfires-rage-across-French-Riviera-and-Corsica

Ray Kraft: we may need tens of millions of Greenhouses:

We may need tens of millions of greenhouses

Low yields:
https://www.agweb.com/blog/the-allendale-wake-up-call/wheat-council-confirms-low-yields/
Partly due to drought in the dakotas: https://www.agweb.com/article/worsening-drought-conditions-in-parts-of-us-stressing-crops-apnews/

Study: there is NO RESILIENCE in current agricultural system:
https://www.agweb.com/article/could-climate-change-crumble-corn-yields-blmg/

4. Cryptocurrency: bitcoin advice pre split

Short answer: My personal preference is to fully control your bitcoin on 8/1, ie be in full ownership of the private keys. For more, see:

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/bitcoin-beginners-guide-surviving-bip-148-uasf/

Green String Farm: On Constant Reinvestment

I visit the Green String Farm, home of the Green String Institute, known for its sustainable farming practices. One of their mottos is “50% for people, 50% for nature.” At any one time, half of the farm is dedicated to restoring/improving/building its soil and productive processes, while the other half is actually producing for people. Clearly these aren’t entirely mutually exclusive, but it’s a guiding principal.

Ice Age Farmer discusses the application of this principle both to one’s own self-sufficiency in the coming Grand Solar Minimum, underscoring the need to constantly reinvest in ones own property and processes (and learning!), but also to the 50%/50% balance many of us must currently strike between maintaining a life in the current paradigm while preparing simultaneously to thrive in the changing times.

Also in this video:

* Worm Bin Basics — (time to setup the worm bin!)
* Freshly picked cherries
* A freaking huge stack of trays for microgreens

Please share with your friends information on the Grand Solar Minimum and the resulting climate disturbances we are experiencing, as well as intensification of the crop losses that have already begun.

START GROWING YOUR OWN FOOD TODAY TO ENSURE YOUR FOOD SECURITY!

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On Exponential Change (and Ladybugs)

Today I introduced an army of ladybugs to help me in the grand battle against Aphids.

Also, the nature of exponential growth, recognizing this in the climatic events playing out around us, and the importance of spreading the word about the Grand Solar Minimum and the associated larger cycles of empires/civilizations on Earth.

The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand the #exponential function.

Albert Allan Bartlett

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flashback: a brief history of earth climate

A high-level summary by Richard Mills via the Investorideas.com newswire:

As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information

May 23, 2017 (Investorideas.com Newswire) According to Al Gore if we would all pony up US$15,000,000,000,000.00 he and his cronies will save us from ourselves.

Gore’s Energy Transitions Commission’s (ETC) stated goal is net zero carbon emissions by 2050 to keep global temperatures from rising 2 degrees Celsius by 2100.

To this scribbler and question asker net zero carbon emissions costing $15T to accomplish seems like a radical environmental vision and a steep price for us to pay for it.

Glacials/Interglacials

The Quaternary Period encompasses the most recent 2.6 million years of Earth’s existence and it has had dozens of glacial advance/retreats over its lifetime.

„…since the 1950s the marine record has become more useful because of its greater continuity and preservation. Marine cores may contain microscopic fossils of single-celled organisms called foraminifera, whose shells contain a record of water temperature and composition as stable isotopes of oxygen and carbon. These isotopes have revealed that dozens of major glacial-interglacial episodes have taken place during the Quaternary.” Quaternary, Encyclopedia Britannica

Glacials refer to the colder phases within an ice age while interglacials are the warmer periods between cold spells.

During the last 800,000 years of the Quaternary, the ice has advanced and retreated on 100,000 year cycles.

The end of the last glacial period was about 12,000 years ago.

„At the start of the Quaternary, the continents were just about where they are today, slowing inching here and there as the forces of plate tectonics push and tug them about. But throughout the period, the planet has wobbled on its path around the sun. The slight shifts cause ice ages to come and go. By 800,000 years ago, a cyclical pattern had emerged: Ice ages last about 100,000 years followed by warmer interglacials of 10,000 to 15,000 years each. The last ice age ended about 10,000 years ago. Sea levels rose rapidly, and the continents achieved their present-day outline.

When the temperatures drop, ice sheets spread from the Poles and cover much of North America and Europe, parts of Asia and South America, and all of Antarctica. With so much water locked up as ice, sea levels fall. Land bridges form between the continents like the currently submerged connector across the Bering Strait between Asia and North America. The land bridges allow animals and humans to migrate from one landmass to another.

During warm spells, the ice retreats and exposes reshaped mountains striped with new rivers draining to giant basins like today’s Great Lakes. Plants and animals that sought warmth and comfort toward the Equator return to the higher latitudes. In fact, each shift alters global winds and ocean currents that in turn alter patterns of precipitation and aridity around the world.” Quaternary Period, National Geographic

At one point during the Ice Age, sheets of ice covered all of Antarctica, large parts of Europe, North America, and South America, and small areas in Asia.

At the height of the most recent glaciation, some 18,000 years ago, the ice sheets were more than 12,000 feet thick. Sea levels plunged more than 400 feet and global temperatures dropped an average of 10 degrees Fahrenheit (up to 40 degrees in some areas).

On the march

By 15,000 years ago modern humans had reached the Americas.

ust twelve thousand years ago, the ice sheets started to retreat at the beginning of the current interglacial – the Flandrian.

Compared to the last interglacial, the Eemian (130,000 to 114,000 years ago), the Flandrian has been slightly colder and sea levels are currently at least 3 meters lower.

Between 12,800 to 11,500 years ago, during the Younger Dryas (YD) mini ice age (one of the most well known examples of abrupt climate change), present day Great Britain froze solid within a year and a lot of the northern hemisphere, on both sides of the North Atlantic, fell into perpetual winter.

Almost as remarkable as the quick start of the YD was the speed of its demise.

It is estimated from Greenland ice-cores, which display annual banding, that the annual-mean temperature increased by as much as 10°C in 10 years.

Breathless

Bloomberg breathlessly reported the following in early 2016.

„Humanity’s experiment with planetary warming has reached a new level of extremes. Last month was the hottest February in 137 years of record keeping, according to data released Thursday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. It’s the 10th consecutive month to set a new record, and it puts 2016 on course to set a third straight annual record.” Tom Randell, Bloomberg ‚Stunning Global Heat Wave Pushes Planet Into Uncharted Territory’

All these hottest year „records” are based on temperature data that have only have differed by just a few hundreths of a degree to tenths of a degree Fahrenheit.

Useful Idiots

Just as the weather has changed over time, so too has the reporting – media outlets blow hotter or colder following the short-term changes in temperature.

It’s easy to follow mainstream media’s climate change coverage dating back to the late 1800s with several major publications, including The New York Times, Time magazine and Newsweek reporting on four different climate shifts since 1895.

In 1895 the page six headline of The New York Times warned about the looming dangers of a new ice age. Reporting on ice age threats lasted from the late 1800s well into the late 1920s.

After the earth’s surface warmed less than half a degree, remember we are in an interglacial, newspapers and magazines responded with sensational stories about the new threat with the Times out in front, cautioning „the earth is steadily growing warmer.”

British amateur meteorologist G. S. Callendar was arguing that mankind was responsible for heating up the planet with carbon dioxide emissions as early as 1938.

In 1954, Fortune magazine was writing about another cooling trend and ran an article titled „Climate – the Heat May Be Off.”

Stories about global cooling started in the ’50s but didn’t gain much traction until about 1975. Some of the stories were remarkably similar in subject to today’s – severe weather and deadly storms would occur much more frequently, climate changes pose a major threat to the food supply.

In 1975, The New York Times reported: „A Major Cooling Widely Considered to Be Inevitable.”

„The Cooling Worlds” was the title of a Newsweek article in 1975. The paper wrote;

„the Earth’s weather patterns have begun to change…..a drop of half a degree in average ground temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere between 1945 and 1968. The evidence in support of these predictions has now begun to accumulate so massively that meteorologists are hard-pressed to keep up with it….what causes the onset of major and minor ice ages remains a mystery not only are the basic scientific questions largely unanswered, but in many cases we do not yet know enough to pose the key questions”

Just 6 years after publishing “A Major Cooling Widely Considered to Be Inevitable,” the New York Times, on Aug. 22, 1981, quoted seven government atmospheric scientists who predicted global warming of an “almost unprecedented magnitude.”

The global warming hiatus in which the rise in Earth’s average temperature slowed during the late 1990s early 2000’s is written off as a minor and temporary abnormality.

Global cooling, warming, cooling again, and finally today (well maybe not so finally) warming.

Fun Facts:

  • Over 80% of the 20th century’s carbon dioxide increase occurred after 1940 – but most of the century’s temperature increase occurred before 1940.
  • According to the journal Science, back in early 1982, termites alone emit ten times more carbon dioxide than all the factories and automobiles in the world.
  • The rule of thumb in regards to global temperature/carbon put into the atmosphere (from any source) is: one trillion tonnes of carbon causes temperatures to rise by about 1.5°C. Since 1750 the planet has pumped out half a trillion tonnes of carbon – temperatures rose by 0.8°C. The next half-trillion tonnes will be emitted by 2045, that’s a 1.5°C temperature rise between 1750 and 2045.
  • In 1772 an intact frozen woolly rhinoceros was discovered. A frozen mammoth was discovered 15 years later. Both these animals had grass in their stomachs.
  • From 950 to 1250 A.D. the Earth was in the Medieval Warm Period. The Little Ice Age happened in the 1600s to the 1800s. Temperatures are not as warm now as in the Medieval Warm Period.

“The global warming experienced during the past century pales into insignificance when compared to the magnitude of at least ten sudden, profound climate reversals over the past 15,000 years. In addition, small temperature changes of up to a degree or so, similar to those observed in the 20th century record, occur persistently throughout the ancient climate record.

Red lines represent times of sudden warming, blue lines represent times of rapid cooling. Numbers refer to the events listed below.

The magnitude and timing of past climatic changes are recorded in the isotope data from Greenland and Antarctic ice cores. These data clearly show that abrupt climate changes many times greater than those of the past century have occurred many times in the geologic past.

Numbers correspond to the temperature curves on above chart.

  1. About 15,000 yrs ago, a sudden, intense, climatic warming (+12° C) caused dramatic melting of large Ice Age ice sheets that covered Canada and the northern U.S., all of Scandinavia, and much of northern Europe and Russia. Sea level that had been 120 m (~400 ft) lower than present rose quickly and submerged large areas than had been dry land during the Ice Age. This warming occurred abruptly in only a few years (Steffensen et al., 2008).
  2. A few centuries later, temperatures again plummeted (-11°C) and glaciers advanced.
  3. About 14,000 years ago, global temperatures rose rapidly (+4.5°C once again and glaciers receded.
  4. About 13,400 years ago, global temperatures plunged again (-8°C) and glaciers advanced.
  5. About 13,200 years ago, global temperatures increased rapidly (+5°C) and glaciers receded.
  6. 12,700 yrs ago global temperatures plunged sharply (-8°C) and a 1000 year period of glacial re-advance, the Younger Dryas, began.
  7. 11,500 yrs ago, global temperatures rose sharply (+10°C) marking the end of the Younger Dryas cold period and the end of the Pleistocene Ice Age.”

„Convulsions and revolutions violent beyond our experience or conception, yet unequal to the destruction of the globe, or the whole of the human species, have both existed and will again exist [terminating] an astonishing succession of ages.” George Hoggart Toulmin in his 1785 book, The Eternity of the World

97% Consensus

Polls say 97 percent of working climate scientists now see global warming as a serious risk.

„Historically, the claim of consensus has been the first refuge of scoundrels; it is a way to avoid debate by claiming that the matter is already settled. Whenever you hear the consensus of scientists agrees on something or other, reach for your wallet, because you’re being had. Let’s be clear: the work of science has nothing whatever to do with consensus. Consensus is the business of politics.” Michael Crichton, 17th January 2003, speaking at the California Institute of Technology

A consensus of the world’s leading scientists back in Galileo’s time thought the Sun revolved around the Earth. Consensus does not equal scientific fact – is the Earth flat?

A key study in the journal Nature Climate Change revealed that nearly all climate models are dramatically inaccurate. On average, the predictions forecasted two times more global warming than actually occurred.

See full article here. Although his message seems to be just anti-AGW, some good context above.

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