| The question today is whether history does | | | | balance from the equator to the poles is |
| repeat itself as the ice cap starts to melt, sea | | | | compromised, affecting weather patterns and |
| levels rise dramatically, with major problems for | | | | intensity on a global scale. |
| coastal cities. | | | | It used to be haughtily thought that "Climate |
| According to Archaeological reports the sea did in | | | | Change" was somebody else's problem. There has |
| fact rise significantly about 6000 years ago, | | | | been episode after episode of failure to deal with |
| although "Dreamtime" (Earth's Creation) can be | | | | climate change in the last 5 to 10 years. The |
| considerably older. The physical evidence of rising | | | | problems associated with climate change have |
| of the Seas is in the finds of sea shells and beach | | | | been known for the past 200 years. The |
| sand on top of large mountains in the regions | | | | perspective on this in the 19th century was its |
| north and south of Coffs Harbour NSW Australia. | | | | okay for their too be global warming as otherwise |
| The large mountain called Coramba Mountain 10 | | | | the planet would be unbearably cold probably |
| klms west of Coffs Harbour is one example of | | | | some 30 degrees or so cooler. |
| the evidence of the rising of the oceans 100's of | | | | Since the 1970's the long living greenhouses gases |
| metres above its present sea levels. | | | | (those that stay for around 10 years) have |
| Other examples include "Yarrahappinni" Mountain | | | | jumped dramatically. Carbon dioxide originating |
| where beach sand exists on its summit. Also | | | | from the fossil fuel sector is about 60% of the |
| Mount Warning further north near Queensland | | | | current contribution to green house gas emissions. |
| border (another significant Aboriginal place of the | | | | This is no longer a problem just of the developed |
| Bundjalung people) also reported to have sea | | | | economies but developing ones such as China and |
| shells on its peak. I believe there are many more | | | | India. |
| such places. | | | | From research of ice core samples taken from |
| Today's Archaeologist and Geologists, in the main | | | | the Arctic region going back as far as 800,000 |
| take into evidence ancient cultures and beliefs of | | | | years, there is shown to be close correlation |
| the changing of our worlds climates and | | | | between rises in green house gases and the |
| environment and the inclusion that ancient cultures | | | | earths temperature. It is also evidence that as |
| are witnesses to some major earth changing | | | | the earth's shifts its axis the resulting increase in |
| events. | | | | the sun's heat on the respective hemisphere also |
| In July 15, 1999 paper published by the journal, | | | | increases the impact of the trapped green house |
| Geographical Research Letters, "the Sahara | | | | gases in its atmosphere. It is established that |
| Desert's arid climate change occurred quickly and | | | | increased green houses gases in Earth's |
| dramatically 4000 to 3600 years ago." A team of | | | | atmosphere causes climate change. |
| Researchers headed by Martin Cluassen of | | | | Until recently the impact of green house gases |
| Germany's Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact | | | | causing the Earth climate change was a slow |
| Research analyzed computer models of climate | | | | event leading up to where we are now in a warm |
| over the past several thousand years. They | | | | interglacial period. It would be expected that the |
| concluded that the change to today's desert | | | | next ice age would not eventuate for at least 30, |
| climate in the Sahara was triggered by changes in | | | | 000 to 40,000 years. However, today's carbon |
| the Earth's orbit and the tilt of Earth's axis. | | | | dioxide levels are 30% above any of those |
| According to the December 17,1996 New York | | | | recorded in those ice cores. Also that carbon |
| Times article titled "Black Sea Deluge May be Tied | | | | dioxide levels now are higher than those ever |
| to Spread of Farming in Europe, an international | | | | recorded for the last several billion years. |
| team of geologists and oceanographers | | | | Although this has been known for many years, |
| reconstructed the history of a catastrophic flood | | | | recent developments have invoked the scientific |
| from data gathered by a Russian research ship in | | | | community to pay particular attention to heat and |
| 1993. Seismic soundings and sediment cores | | | | temperature adaptation for humans, also the |
| revealed traces of the sea's former shorelines, | | | | increased affects of tropical weather in |
| showing an abrupt 500 foot rise in water levels. | | | | communities subject to violent storms and sea |
| Radiocarbon dating of the transition from fresh | | | | damage. Scientists have a general idea of what |
| water to marine organisms in the cores put the | | | | damage is caused at varying levels of global |
| time of the event at about 7,700 years ago | | | | warming, however they are not specifically able |
| (5,500 B.C.). | | | | to predict future events for certain geographical |
| A giant wave flooded Scotland about 7,000 years | | | | locations. |
| ago. Radiocarbon dating of sediments taken from | | | | Governments consensus is that earths |
| the coastline of eastern Scotland put the date of | | | | temperature change is to be capped at 2 |
| the event at about 5,800 BC. At the time, Britain | | | | degrees, however it is very unlikely that this will |
| was joined to mainland Europe by a land bridge. | | | | be achieved as explained previously the long life |
| Should history repeat itself as the ice cap starts | | | | of green houses gases will always be an |
| to melt, sea levels would rise dramatically,with | | | | over-riding factor. Even if industrial processes and |
| major problems for coastal cities. Also as more | | | | developed economies completely close down now, |
| and more fresh water invades the salty seas, the | | | | there would still be a hang over effect at the end |
| earths major sea currents controlling temperature | | | | of the century. |