[mlo]

"IOW, whatever events these were, they had mostly a positive effect on civilization."

I didn't see a link between these events and the Vikings.

[Vigilanteman]

I'm guessing they helped caused the last long era of global warming, though it could be just coincidental timing.

And, yes, the data shows that we did have an era of global warming from roughly 1978 to 1998, just as we had an era of global cooling from roughly 1941 to 1976.

[BenLurkin]

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