| The people who are the most vocal about | | | | years. What's caused this change? Is it the result of |
| man-made global warming are the very same people | | | | Mother Nature or God? |
| who cannot elaborate on the scanty evidence | | | | Recent periods of climate change |
| produced so far. These Alarmists are not prepared to | | | | Let's now move to more recent times and look at |
| give their opinions on climate change events that | | | | the recorded history of events that took place in |
| have happened in the past. All they seem to be | | | | London. |
| interested in is spreading mass hysteria. | | | | Between 1660 and 1820 is was quite a common |
| It's unanimously agreed by the scientific community | | | | occurrence for the river Thames to freeze over. Not |
| that the earth is about 4.5 billion years old and during | | | | every year perhaps, but certainly enough for people |
| that time, it's undergone at least 12, and possibly 14 | | | | at that time to make comments. Since then the |
| major periods of climate change. In addition to this | | | | Thames has rarely been frozen, certainly never in |
| there has been numerous minor changes to the | | | | recent memory. So the question is: what caused the |
| earth's climate. | | | | warming of the air from 1820 onwards? |
| Past periods of climate change | | | | At the same period of time from 1660, the Great |
| Whilst most of this information has come from | | | | Barrier Reef in Australia was subject to stress |
| sophisticated scientific investigation involving many | | | | caused by a drought that lasted 20 years from 1660. |
| branches of science, some of the minor climatic | | | | Coral has characteristics not unlike that of trees. |
| changes have occurred within the life-time of man on | | | | Rings in a piece of sliced coral tell the story of |
| earth and have been recorded during history. | | | | events long ago. A piece of coral collected off the |
| The existence of these periods of climate change is | | | | coast of northern Australia has recently been |
| not in doubt; what is open to conjecture are the | | | | examined and it shows the effects of drought in the |
| causes. | | | | region. Lack of fresh water, and therefore the |
| On this, the Alarmists remain mute: they are sure | | | | absences of nutrients, coming from the nearby rivers |
| that mans' industrial activity is the cause of any | | | | would affect the growth of the coral and would be |
| climate change taking place at the moment, but | | | | noticed in examining the rings. |
| would have to concede that power stations and | | | | In the years since then the reef has made a full |
| motor cars could not have caused the start of a | | | | recovery, although it may be suffering now. |
| period of climate change 5,000 years ago. | | | | The Alarmists point to the decline in coral reefs as an |
| In 1991 the body of a man was found in the | | | | example of global warming, but ignore the fact that |
| European Alps in the border regions of Austria and | | | | Mother Nature has the remarkable capacity to |
| Italy. He was determined to have died about 5,000 | | | | overcome its setbacks. |
| years ago whilst crossing the Alps. Now for a person | | | | The history of the world has countless stories of |
| to have attempted to cross the Alps would indicate | | | | events that happened long ago that could not |
| that firstly crossing the mountain range was a | | | | happen now. |
| possibility and known to man at that time, and | | | | The original inhabitants of Australia came from SE |
| secondly that the feat was made possible by the | | | | Asia via a continuous land mass leading from the |
| absence of snow and glaciers. | | | | Malay peninsula, through Indonesia, New Guinea, and |
| Now move forward 2800 years to about 200BCE | | | | into northern Australia. |
| and the first recorded history of an event involving | | | | The original inhabitants of north America are thought |
| crossing the Alps took place. That was Hannibal's | | | | to have entered the area about 10,000 years ago via |
| crossing of the Alps with an army, including elephants, | | | | the then ice-free Bering Straits. That feat couldn't be |
| to wage war on the Roman Empire. This event was | | | | achieved today. Likewise the original inhabitants of |
| clearly documented at the time and is acknowledged | | | | the UK are thought to have come from Europe via |
| to have taken place. | | | | the land mass that is now covered by the English |
| At the time of Hannibal's efforts, the snowline of the | | | | Channel. |
| Alps was thought to be in the region of 1,800 meters | | | | So in relation to these events, it would seem that |
| to 2,000 meters. Until recently the Alpine snowline | | | | global warming took place and that the world-wide |
| was approximately 1,500 meters. What this means is | | | | sea level rose covering these routes. |
| that in modern times the level above the sea at | | | | And the most likely causes of these major changes |
| which snow falls and lies on the ground is about 300 | | | | are the Almighty, or Mother Nature. |
| to 500 meters lower than when Hannibal achieved his | | | | That being the case in ages gone by, how could |
| feat. The reason for this is clear - in Hannibal's time | | | | today's global warming (if indeed it's taking place) be |
| and the centuries earlier going back to 3,000 BCE the | | | | caused by man? |
| air temperature was considerably warmer that it is | | | | This is an attempt to put some balance into the |
| today. | | | | ongoing international controversy that is the theory |
| The world's climate has changed over the past 5,000 | | | | of man-made climate change. |