Sentences with phrase «warmest period in the history»

The White House approved a report that found the earth is experiencing the warmest period in the history of civilization and humans are to blame, despite the fact that it directly contradicts much of the Trump administration's position on climate change.

(I refer you to your own articles which clarify that this area of the arctic was in the 70s F at its warmest period in history), and this without even a single hibachi grilling a single prawn.)

This is now the warmest period in the history of modern civilization.

And it completely ignores the fact that until this hysteria, climate scientists used to refer to the warm periods in our history as «optima».»

Not exact matches

Scientists may also become able to distinguish between different scenarios sooner by studying the physics of local ice - sheet changes and refining reconstructions of changes during warm periods in geological history.

The period when the insect lived, the Eocene, was one of the warmest in history, and lush tropical or subtropical rain forest surrounded the lake; the two - and - a-half-inch-long adult male most likely sat and snacked upon the leaves of plants from the laurel or the pea family.

Still, dramatic climate swings were not terribly unusual during this period in Earth's history, and the Patagonian megafauna had made it through several warm periods before the one that finally did them in.

The results of Schaller, Fung and his team will prompt further investigations into the possible influence of an impact event on the global environmental change that characterized this notable warming period in Earth's ancient history.

«We have known that populations of these crabs can explode following periods of warmer temperatures,» says Nathaniel Evans of the Florida Museum of Natural History in Gainesville.

By studying the relationship between CO2 levels and climate change during a warmer period in Earth's history, the scientists have been able to estimate how the climate will respond to increasing levels of carbon dioxide, a parameter known as «climate sensitivity».

As a engineering doctorate (with an early minor in history), I was dumbfounded by the lack of the Medieval Warm Period — the warm period had a huge influence on warfare, and the following cold period broke the back of the hold of the church in EuropeWarm Period — the warm period had a huge influence on warfare, and the following cold period broke the back of the hold of the church in EuroPeriod — the warm period had a huge influence on warfare, and the following cold period broke the back of the hold of the church in Europewarm period had a huge influence on warfare, and the following cold period broke the back of the hold of the church in Europeriod had a huge influence on warfare, and the following cold period broke the back of the hold of the church in Europeriod broke the back of the hold of the church in Europe....

In his seminal 1982 book Climate, History, and the Modern World, the renown climatologist Dr. H.H. Lamb revealed that sea ice in the subarctic and Arctic regions was much less extensive during the Medieval Warm Period (9th - 13th centuries) compared to todaIn his seminal 1982 book Climate, History, and the Modern World, the renown climatologist Dr. H.H. Lamb revealed that sea ice in the subarctic and Arctic regions was much less extensive during the Medieval Warm Period (9th - 13th centuries) compared to todain the subarctic and Arctic regions was much less extensive during the Medieval Warm Period (9th - 13th centuries) compared to today.

«Today, we live in an unusually cold period in the history of life on earth and there is no reason to believe that a warmer climate would be anything but beneficial for humans and the majority of other species.»

This expected large sea - level rise does of course not surprise us paleoclimatologists, given that in earlier warm periods of Earth's history sea level has been many meters higher than now due to the diminished continental ice cover (see the recent review by Dutton et al. 2015 in Science).

So what is the time difference between CO2 levels during the onset of a cooling period at the end of a warming period and the time history of the temperature changes in the ice cores?

If you want to study the causes of a warming or cooling in period X of Earth history, you study the data from period X. — Stefan]

Actually, there is some interesting work being done by Matt Huber of Purdue, following up on some earlier ideas of Emanuel's, suggesting that the role of TCs in transporting heat from equator towards the poles may be more significant than previously thought — it also allows for some interesting, though admittedly somewhat exotic, mechanisms for explaining the «cool tropics paradox» and «equable climate problem» of the early Paleogene and Cretaceous periods, i.e. the problem of how to make the higher latitudes warm without warming the tropics much, something that appears to have happened during some past warm epochs in Earth's history.

So what is the time difference between CO2 levels during the onset of a cooling period at the end of a warming period and the time history of the temperature changes in the ice cores?

wmar (3) wrote «All through human history we and society thrived in the warmest periods and suffered in the coldest.»

Secondly, from a geological and historical perspective, there have been many warmer periods in earth's staggeringly long history than at present.

This period is now the warmest in the history of modern civilization.

The article also quoted Dr. Patrick Michaels, director of the Cato Institute's Center for the Study of Science, who said: «October 1st marks the 17th year of no global warming significantly different than zero and those 17 years correspond to the largest period of CO2 emissions by far over any other 17 - year period in history.»

For the IPCC both the MWP (Medieval Warm Period) and the LIA (Little Ice Age) existed before the «hockey stick,» so viewing the situation objectively — after the IPCC participated in the rewriting of history by showcasing the «hockey stick as a part of the Left's efforts to manufacture a supposed consensus about climate change — the IPCC condoned a fraud that federal climatists to this very day persist in perpetrating on the public.

They have survived previous Arctic warming periods, including the last warm stretch between ice ages some 130,000 years ago, but some climate experts project that nothing in the species» history is likely to match the pace and extent of warming and ice retreats projected in this century and beyond, should emissions of heat - trapping gases continue unabated.

It was important in that it cast serious doubt on the notion both of a global Medieval Warm Period warmer than the 20th century and of a global Little Ice Age, both long - time (cautiously) accepted features of the last 1,000 years of climate history.

His Hockey Stick model wiped out both the Medieval Warming Period and the Little Ice Age, both of which were well documented in history, literature, art and science.

But I know that history shows previous warm periods and I wouldn't be surprised to see a recovery in the next few years.

«Today, we live in an unusually cold period in the history of life on earth and there is no reason to believe that a warmer climate would be anything but beneficial for humans and the majority of other species.»

- The Current Warming Period is neither unusual, nor remarkable, nor unprecedented in recent human history.

Soon and Baliunas just showed there was a mountain of evidence for the medieval warm period and other natural climate variability in history — a very good paper that is now accepted by climate science as more indicative of what actually occured in climate history.....

Its warming history is divided into disjoint periods by changes in physical conditions and these segments must not be joined by a computer - generated curve.

The scientists chose the period of time known as the «Holocene» for their research, because it is the most recent natural warm phase in Earth's history.

A steady decline — and eventual cessation — of sunspot activity, which normally triggers with a cooling period on Earth, in this case coincides with the most rapid period of warming in human history with no sign of an end to the upward trend.

• There is much scientific and historical evidence that the reported recent warming in the Arctic is not unprecedented, for instance the 1920/30's are recorded to have been relatively warm as in this 2006 paper, and this newer paper is interesting if challenging, but there are still other similar papers and much widespread history of the Medieval Warm Perwarm as in this 2006 paper, and this newer paper is interesting if challenging, but there are still other similar papers and much widespread history of the Medieval Warm PerWarm Period.

He also makes the point that they've coped with, and survived, warmer periods in their species history.

In a warming world this is a nonsense scenario, history shows us that previous warm periods were warmer than today and civilisations flourished during those times and suffered during colder times.

However, when we look at actual periods in geological history when there were a few degrees warming, do we see calamity on the same scale?

Long story short, history is unequivocal on the matter: Warm periods, on balance, are VERY good for civilization (fewer wars, less extreme weather, better crops, lower frequency of plagues, more stability to cultures, advancements in civic and technological sophistication etc.).

After a decade of the IPCC suppressing climate history, increasingly, discussions of the Medieval Warm Period and the Little Ice Age are appearing in the literature.

We have used both climate models and geological records of past climates to better understand lessons from warmer periods in the Earth's history and investigate future scenarios.

In other words, we're pretty lucky to be here during this rare, warm period in climate historIn other words, we're pretty lucky to be here during this rare, warm period in climate historin climate history.

Low solar activity has been connected with cold periods in human history, while high levels of solar activity have been connected with warming periods, like the recent one from the 1950s to 1998.

During previous periods of climate change in human history, like the so - called Medieval Warm Period in Europe, or the Little Ice Age, temperature changes were regional, occurring in one location, but not in another.

A reconstruction of the Earth's climatic history during a key hot period 55 million years ago has highlighted a yawning gap in our understanding: this period's rise in carbon dioxide accounts for just half of its warming.

Figuring out how far sea level rose during past warm periods in Earth's history starts with a walk on the beach, a keen eye for evidence of ancient shorelines, and a highly accurate GPS system.

The researchers used data on earlier warm periods in Earth's history to estimate climate impacts as a function of global temperature, climate models to simulate global warming, and satellite data to verify ongoing changes.

Perhaps we should have a reminder graph at the top of this page which shows that our planet is on the downward path of a short [in climate terms] warm interglacial period in our history as we move into the next ice age.?

Once at odds, a climate expert and botanist who studies ancient plants later teamed up to improve understanding of one of the warmest periods in Earth history.

It's pretty clear that even if global warming has in some sense «gone away» or «on hiatus», the world is no longer producing the reliable weather that it has over the period of human history.

The brightest times in human history have been during warm periods.