Bacteria froze the Earth, researchers say ~~ CO2 saved it....

Marketwatch CNET ^ | August 2, 2005, 5:15 PM PDT | Michael Kanellos Staff Writer, CNET News.com

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Wonder who paid for this research.....

[DoughtyOne]

Yes, I wonder...

Okay, we did. There, you happy now? LOL

[konaice]

change reflected in glacially formed rocks in Canada.

Huh? Glaciers form rocks now?

[LibFreeOrDie]

Another theory, for more recent ice ages:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1455668/posts

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

So Global Warming saved the Earth?

[Salman]

Glaciers form rocks now?

"Glacially formed rocks" means pushed into their current configuration.

[fish hawk]

You did, didn't you get the memo? LOL

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Yes, Global warming saved the Earth, keep driving your SUV>

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Now I know that driving my SUV is doing my part for the salvation of mankind!

[PeaceBeWithYou]

Hmmmm. They seem to be trying awfully hard to tie CO₂ levels and temperature.

I don't see it. There is no correlation.

[AntiGuv]

snowball ping!

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

I don't see it there either.

[Myrddin]

Milenkovich cycles do a better job of explaining the temperature variations on your graphic. Simple orbital mechanics that are completely independent of human activity.

[Polybius]

So Global Warming saved the Earth?

Well, up here in the Pacific Northwest, if it had not been for Global Warming, my property would be under a glacier right now.

[AntiGuv]

There is controversy about how the research matches up (or doesn't), since it draws on different data in order to extrapolate climactic conditions of the past. In particular, that middle Mesozoic temperature is in dispute, because low latitude data from the Tropics suggest cooling (as shown by the graph) whereas high latitude data from nearer the Poles suggest warming. Also, temperature trends must be discerned from what is ultimately local data, whereas carbon dioxide levels can be determined from what is thought to be global data.

More importantly, this graph shows fluctuations of atmospheric CO2 in the hundreds and thousands of parts per million. Human activity is thought to increase CO2 annually at a rate merely 2 parts per million above what it would be otherwise. There is no real comparison. Meanwhile, there is also no serious dispute that carbon dioxide acts as a 'greenhouse gas' but it is hardly the only factor in determining the global climate. The far more important factor would seem to be tectonics and long-range variations in solar output IMHO.

[AntiGuv]

"climactic" should be climatic.. I always screw that up!

[citizencon]

Wacko and radical environmentalists are in a dilemma. They don't know if they should demonstrate or not outside the headquarters of the DNC, whose members are suspected to be direct descendants of those bacteria.

[SunkenCiv]

Okay, Blam, Ernest, no ping for 'Civ? ;'}

Ice age bacteria brought back to life
www.NewScientist.com | 2/25/2005 | Kelly Young
Posted on 02/25/2005 12:57:59 PM PST by aimhigh
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1351150/posts

World-first technology enables study of ancient bacteria [Bermuda Triangle too]
Cardiff University via UrekAlert | 06 June 2005 | Professor R.John Parkes
Posted on 06/07/2005 4:18:16 AM PDT by PatrickHenry
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1417990/posts

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