Posted on 01/14/2011 5:02:29 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
A prolonged period of wet weather spurred the spread of the Bubonic plague in medieval times, according to a new study. And a 300-year spell of unpredictable weather coincided with the decline of the Roman Empire.
Climate change wasn't necessarily the cause of these and other major historical events, researchers say. But the study offers the most detailed picture yet of how climate and society have been intertwined for millennia.
Again and again, the data suggest, climate has impacted culture in dramatic ways. Unusually extreme and frequent shifts in weather patterns between 250 and 550, for example, coincided with a period of exceptional upheaval in Europe's political and economic situations.
As weather patterns stabilized again between about 700 and 1000, on the other hand, societies began to thrive and grow in the countryside of northwest Europe. Around the same time, Norse colonies sprang up in Iceland and Greenland.
"We live in a sea of coincidence and oughtn't jump every time the data twitch, but this is an enormous quantity of data spanning the heart of Western Europe," Stahle said. "It's not a reach to say these extreme and prolonged climate activities could have affected the trajectory of social evolution."
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Oh please. Science is no longer trusted by anyone. Science is just another progressive scam.
The real scientists have already turned out the lights and left the room.
desperate...all the trillions spent on BS was not enough
I, Climatus !
Climate change before SUV’s? Say it ain’t so.
Yeah, right.
Goreus Maximus
This one is the best kind of propaganda. Everyone thinks America is like the Roman empire in decline. Combine that with “Global Warming caused it” and you have the perfect propaganda campaign.
Nero fiddled in celebration of break in the rain. It was just a coincidence that Rome caught fire at the same time.
Ping
Science: getting grants to prove anything the sponsor wants.
My take would be that, if it's happened before, what's the big deal now?
Mt. Vesuvius is acting up again too```````Can you say climate change?
In the “science of today” the conclusion is already set and it is always a “consensus” that supports the political notions of progressivism.
You don’t have to have a spectacular mind. You just have to be a master manipulator of data”.
Fortunately, weather today is totally predictable.
Global warmers are positively certifiable. This “study” pretty much proves it.
Global warmers are positively certifiable. This “study” proves it.
“climate and society have been intertwined for millennia.”
How much did this little factoid cost us?
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