Posts Tagged ‘industrial revolution’

2000-Year Arctic Cooling Trend Reversed Itself Near Turn of 20th Century

According to the NAU researchers, the warming that occurred in the 20th Century and early 21st Century, “contrasts sharply” with the millennial-scale cooling trend; the last half-century being the warmest in the record, and, the decade from 1999 - 2008 being the warmest decade of the last 200 decades. Over all average temperatures were 1.4° C (about 2.5° F) warmer than the projected value based on the linear cooling trend.

Global Collapse, Human Survival & the Planet’s Boundaries

A new study by nearly 30 of the world’s best scientists concludes that we have crossed three of the world’s nine thresholds. It is not only about climate change.

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