bloke wrote: When mammoths are pulled out of areas around/above the Arctic Circle, that tells me that - at least for a time in the past - the earth was likely much warmer than it is now...and without the influence of mankind.
Naw. Them big dumb old beasts just went out for a looong walk, got lost, and froze to death!
Dan Schultz
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Current 'stable'... Rudolf Meinl 5/4, Marzan (by Willson) euph, King 2341, Alphorn, and other strange stuff.
When Eric the Red founded a settlement in Greenland, it was green. Now only a small area of the country is green for a short period each year. Obviously the Viking boats carried enough ozone to affect the North Pole ozone layer and cause the climatic change, it just needs to be proved.
Thinking like this will get you a government grant.
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Practicing results in increased atmospheric CO2 thus causing global warming.