Cobol - Re: Global Warming? New Data Shows Ice Is Back

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Re: Global Warming? New Data Shows Ice Is Back

Alistair

2008-02-28, 6:55 pm

On 27 Feb, 21:42, "William M. Klein" <wmkl...@nospam.netcom.com>
wrote:
> Don't know how widely accepted it is (or is not) but from:
> =A0http://www.lakepowell.net/sciencecenter/paleoclimate.htm
>
> "The current Plio-Pleistocene Glacial Epoch had it's beginning about 3.2 m=
illion
> years ago and is probably linked to the tectonic construction of the Isthm=
us of
> Panama which prevented the circulation of Atlantic and Pacific waters and
> ultimately triggered a slow sequence of events that eventually led to

=
ing of
> the atmosphere and the formation of new ice fields by about 2.5 million ye=
ars
> ago. "
>
> --
> Bill Klein
> =A0wmklein <at> ix.netcom.com"Alistair"

Thanks for the reference. I shall study it at my leisure.

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