Sentences with phrase «most ancient climate changes»

Greenhouse gasses, principally CO2, have controlled most ancient climate changes.

Scientific analysis of past climates shows that greenhouse gasses, principally CO2, have controlled most ancient climate changes.

Not exact matches

For some contrasts between the Younger Dryas and the most serious droughts since then at 8200, 5200, and 4200 years ago, see Fagan (1999) and Harvey Weiss, «Beyond the Younger Dryas: Collapse as adaptation to abrupt climate change in ancient West Asia and the Eastern Mediterranean,» pp. 75 - 98 in Confronting Natural Disaster: Engaging the Past to Understand the Future, G. Bawden and R. Reycraft, editors (University of New Mexico Press 2000), at http://www.yale.edu/nelc/weiss/byd.html.

While the use of computer climate models is the most familiar method of predicting future climate states, Lynas explains that ancient climates also give important insights into possible future change.