June 22, 2006: 8:39 am: CalvinDudeScience
I saw this headline: Study Says Earth’s Temp at 400-Year High.
Let’s translate that: “400 years ago, before man polluted the world, the Earth was warmer than it is now.”
I saw this headline: Study Says Earth’s Temp at 400-Year High.
Let’s translate that: “400 years ago, before man polluted the world, the Earth was warmer than it is now.”
June 23rd, 2006 at 8:56 pm
No, that’s not what it says:
The scientists said they had less confidence in the evidence of temperatures before 1600. But they considered it reliable enough to conclude there were sharp spikes in carbon dioxide and methane, the two major “greenhouse” gases blamed for trapping heat in the atmosphere, beginning in the 20th century, after remaining fairly level for 12,000 years.
400 years is simply how far back that they feel they have reliable data.
June 26th, 2006 at 11:02 am
[...] Kaffinator rightly pointed out that my blog called Headline News was not accurate regarding the actual content of the article (although I was addressing the headline specifically). In any case, it gives me a chance to post more on why I don’t believe the Glomal Warming scare :-) [...]