Thread: Little ice age.

Originally Posted by Hall

Yes I know that I have only read information on wikipedia. But a interesting read when you take in the current climate change issues we are having. It shows just how variable our climate can be with very little or no human intervention. It also gives evidence that the global warming could be the earth still recovering from this cool period. You won`t see any pro climate change scientists referring to this period in our earths climate history.
That simply is not true. You will find it discussed on plenty of sites that support the notion of human induced climate change.
For example this site:
What ended the Little Ice Age?

The sceptical argument that current warming is a continuation of the same warming that ended the LIA is unlikely. There is a lack of evidence for a suitable forcing (e.g. the sun) and numerous correlations with known natural forcings that can account for the LIA itself, and the subsequent climate recovery. Taken in isolation, the LIA might cast doubt on the theory of climate change. Considered alongside the empirical evidence, model predictions and a century of scientific research into the climate, recovery from the LIA is not a plausible theory to explain the observed evidence and rate of global climate change.

Considering it lasted for the best part of five hundred years it is a bit hard to ignore. Little Ice Age - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cheers Hall

Why do so many people think they have discovered some piece of evidence that "the scientists" or "the experts" have missed?

In most cases, it is simply that there is a different explanation for the evidence or a different conclusion that can be drawn from it.

The existence of the LIA or the medieval warm period does not discredit the idea of human induced climate change.

In any case, the existence of a LIA is not quite cut and dried.
http://www.newscientist.com/article/...l#.Us-FiY6b854

BTW, it is the rate of change that is a concern, not just the change itself.

You would think that professional climate scientists would have read this.