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Heresy at the BBC

February 14, 2007 |

Ice ages should be seen on Earth as the norm rather than the exception. That is to say that with the present continental arrangements balanced against the heat source from the sun, it is to be expected that ice ages will occur. Huge glacial fields will stretch across most of northern Europe, including the whole of the British Isles, with temperatures in the region on average some 10C (18F) lower than now.

It follows from this that it requires relatively unusual circumstances to produce the necessary warmth to force the glaciers back. The answer to this appears to lie in the orbital patterns of the Earth around the sun. There are two orbital features of the Earth, its elliptical orbit, and the tilt of the Earth in relation to its plane of orbit. bbc via gene felder

Mr. Felder goes on to snark:

Most of those calling for increasing the size and power of government to get the weather back to “normal” do not appreciate the complexity of weather. I doubt that many of them can explain the concept relative humidity.


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