Posted on 07/05/2007 2:54:18 PM PDT by Ancient Drive
I remember
Siberian window on the Ice Age
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6246926.stm
Hey Lokibob,
that was some interesting reading. Unfortunately, the photos aren’t there. I was looking forward to seeing them.
My brother was in Anchorage during the pipeline build. He had similar stories about the wild wild west atmosphere of Fairbanks.
The simplest way to debunk the GW hoax is to ask a GW zealot why is it called “Greenland”?
Sorry, man, I had chili last night.
bttt
Your stories on your profile are hilarious! They are worth publishing. I don’t know where, butsomewhere!
Yeah. No pictures. Can you have them restored?
Thanks, that may have appeared as a topic, but of course, maybe someone (blush) had the best intentions of posting it from a saved file...
What else would one expect?
450,000-800,000 years ago, Greenland would have been 900,00-1,600,000 cm closer to the equator.
Or, is it only 1-2 cm/century? Either way, a tenth of a mile, or 11 miles, it is still all difference in the world.
Location, location, location!
DNA reveals a green GreenlandScientists have drilled through two kilometres of ice in southern Greenland and retrieved DNA from the pine forest that once existed there, buzzing with prehistoric insect life. Dated to between 450,000 and 800,000 years old, the DNA is among the oldest ever found... plant fossils dating to 2.4 million years ago have been found in the far northeast of the country. But, surprisingly, the DNA evidence for plant life stops at 450,000 years ago. Researchers say the lack of younger DNA suggests that this portion of the land has been covered by ice ever since -- and that goes against the prevailing view of Greenland's climatic history. During the last interglacial period (130-116 thousand years ago), the climate was 5 °C warmer than it is today, says Eske Willerslev, director of the centre for ancient genetics at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. "Sea levels were 5-6 metres higher, and most scientific models have assumed that the melting of the southern Greenland ice cap was responsible. But our data suggest that this was not the case."
by Louis Buckley
July 5, 2007
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