A Picture is Worth... Even with Global Warming, Sometimes it's Cold
by Michael Graham Richard, Gatineau, Canada on 02. 1.08
In fact, it's very possible for large regions of the globe to get cooler while the average for the whole planet goes up as heat gets distributed differently. This is what is thought to have happened during a medieval "mini ice-age" when Europe got colder because of a variation in the strength of the Atlantic Gulf Stream current.
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Cuddle puddles. I sure like it. In this mini ice age you mentioned, did people ever learn to share resources? Where are these animals and would this be a common practice for Lions? Who knows if there is enough cuties out there. I noticed cross gender cuddling , but is this typical or learned behavior?
Actually what happened in the little ice age is the sun went quite ... like today. It's the period called the Maunder minimum.
There is good evidence that the Little Ice Age of the late middle ages/early modern period was a global phenomenon, rather than localized to Europe. The affects of this cooling, which followed the Medieval Warm Period, have been noted around the world (geological records of glacial advances in North America, historical records of later dates for spring cherry blossoms in Kyoto Japan, etc.)
Humans have a big influence on global warming. Although global warming is occurring by itself, humans are increasing the speed of global warming by putting gases like carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.