Re: [OT]: Global warming/cooling: how many degrees ? by "Peter P." .

Russell McMahon <apptech <at> paradise.net.nz> writes: > A similar magnitude fall over a slightly longer period occurs from > 1560 to 1680 terminating in the midst of "the little ice age". From > there the rise to the (almost current date) peak shown on this graph > (over 300+ years with an intervening partial dip) is still smaller in > absolute terms than happened in the 100 years from 650 AD. There is no smoke without fire. Looking a little: http://www.teachinghearts.org/dre00timeline.html Yields a few gems: 535-536 Java Volcano explosion 536 "the darkest year. no stars for three months" 535-546 nuclear winter without nuke (with volcano explosion) 540 suspected meteor with weather effects felt around the globe Note that there are very few asteroid impact events noted. (See 1490, 1492!!). So it is possible that there were several in that period and only a few got noticed and recorded. That timeline is amazing. It is a major effort and I think that it deserves some praise. It's a great website. Peter P.