Also on today's SoTT:
Ice Ages Start and End So Suddenly, "It's Like a Button Was Pressed," Say Scientists
And...
A little digging on SoTT reveals (tons more too) but for now ~
California: Mount Shasta glaciers growing, despite warming
Alaskan Glaciers Grow for First Time in 250 years
Ice Ages Start and End So Suddenly, "It's Like a Button Was Pressed," Say Scientists
02-22-97 said:Q: (L) All right, were those given in the order in which they are occurring? The fourth being the one that's coming later?
A: Maybe, but remember this: a change in the speed of the rotation may not be reported while it is imperceptible except by instrumentation. Equator is slightly "wider" than the polar zones. But, this discrepancy is decreasing slowly currently. One change to occur in 21st Century is sudden glacial rebound, over Eurasia first, then North America. Ice ages develop much, much, much faster than thought. [Discussion of new scientific theory recently presented that the earth is expanding.]
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03-18-00 said:Q: You also made a remark once that ice ages occur much, much faster than people ever
thought...
A: Yes.
Q: Do we need to invest in some mukluks and snowshoes?
A: ??
Q: Well, what I am trying to get at is: should we start stockpiling firewood?
A: Maybe.
Q: So, it could be that fast?
A: Oh yes, and faster when in response to global" warming."
Q: When you put "warming" in quotes, you obviously mean warming in more than just an
ordinary sense? Is that correct?
A: And/or not really "warm."
A little digging on SoTT reveals (tons more too) but for now ~
California: Mount Shasta glaciers growing, despite warming
Alaskan Glaciers Grow for First Time in 250 years
Q: Why was the sea level several hundred feet lower? Because there was ice somewhere or because there was not as much water on the earth at that time?
A: Ice.
Q: Was the ice piled up at the poles? The ice sheet of the ice age?
A: Yes.
Q: So, Atlantis existed during the ice age?
A: Largely, yes. And the world's climate was scarcely any colder away from the ice sheets than it is today.
Q: Well, how could that be? What caused these glaciers?
A: Global warming.
Q: How does global warming cause glaciers?
A: Increases precipitation dramatically. Then moves the belt of great precipitation much farther north. This causes rapid buildup of ice sheets, followed by increasingly rapid and intense glacial rebound.