[LINK] Weekend Magazine - Remote Siberian Lake Holds Clues to Arctic--and Antarctic--Climate Change

[Richard Archer]

On 22/06/12 9:25 PM, TKoltai wrote:
> The National Science Foundation fund various "beneficial" Research
> projects, like the Internet and Climate Change.
> So when the NSF discover data indicating severe temperatures in past
> "earths" we have a choice.


I'm not aware than anyone is disputing that the Earth has been warmer in 
the past, and there are climate cycles.

Likewise, it is indisputable that human activity is causing the Earth to 
warm now, in between cycles.

The only questions on any significance are:

1. Are we willing to trigger an extinction-level event just so we in the 
first world can live our lives in luxury?

2. Can we do anything to prevent this degree of climate change?

My take is that the answers are No and No.

We need to yank on the Emergency Brake and work out where we're heading 
before we plunge off the cliff!

...R.