Via Climate Depot;
A paper published today in Quaternary Science Reviews reconstructs the size of four glaciers in Alaska over the past 1500-2000 years. For each of the four glaciers, the authors find the termination point at the end of the record in the late 20th century was approximately the same as during the Medieval Warm Period ~1,000 years ago. According to the paper, the data "supports solar irradiance as the primary pacemaker for centennial-scale fluctuations of mid-latitude valley glaciers prior to the 20th century." The authors find all four glaciers advanced during the Little Ice Age, which was the coldest period of the past 10,000 years, and have regressed during the recovery from the LIA to termination points similar to those during the Medieval Warm Period.
You mean it wasn't the middle ages SUV's?
You mean that what I learned in elementary school a half-century ago, that we are emerging from an Ice Age, is actually true?
You mean the AGW proponents, including Alberta's Environment Minister, are full of hooey?
Say it ain't so. What's going to happen to the good living the parasites have become accustomed to?
Okay, that's good news ...............
I'm surprised that this got published. It's really hard to have this sort of paper accepted.
the Angel glacier in Jasper also advanced at the same time and created the moraine that the parking lot sits on. its on the sign though Im surprised it hasnt been hidden from the hoipolloi
came across a group of "scientists" at Lake Ohara back a few years ago , measuring the inflow and outflow of the lake . I asked how they were doing it as about 10% of the falls was visible the rest coming thru the rockfall from Opabin Plateau.
I wonder if they're still showing the Al Gore movie in public schools?
they all electric SUV's back then!!
Truth is getting it's boots on. Slowly.
Yep and it is up to us to make sure those are steel capped boots and apply them appropriately.
Don't you guys all know the Medieval Warming Period was caused by all those armoured chargers emitting methane during jousts.
Lorne Russell, truth is going to be a tough sell as those who were set adrift with the collapse of the Soviet Union will not easily give up their dreams of dictating every aspect of people's lives.
Glaciers advance and glaciers retreat. They tend to advance when mew snow from the previous year does not totally melt before more new snow falls in the current year.
Illecillewaet Glacier (July 2013)
The time scale for this process is measured in thousands of years.
"new" snow.
Oh good. I was afraid I was going to have to learn about a new kind of snow, foobert.