When the Washington Post set out to map 485 million years of global temperatures, it uncovered an inconvenient truth in the climate change story: Earth’s been on a 50-million-year cool-down. ZeroHedgehas more:
In recent years, particularly around mid-July (the peak of the Northern Hemisphere summer), there has been a noticeable surge in headlines featuring the “hottest day” ever on record in corporate media outlets – which is of course pushed by climate alarmist journalists citing questionable studies. This timing coincides with hot weather, so naturally, it’s quite convincing to persuade readers that the world’s oceans are boiling and planet Earth will ignite into a fireball unless drastic actions are taken – such as more climate taxes, ‘carbon credits’, banning cow farts, prohibiting new petrol-powered vehicle sales by X date and pushing spending bills to procure more solar panels from China, to save the planet.
The problem is that corporate media only focuses on recent history – and not “in context” (as they love to say). Context is particularly important when it comes to climate change – as their narrative collapses when looking at a long enough timeline.
To wit… a funny thing happened when the Washington Post tried to map out half a billion years of global temperatures and the “disaster of global warming” …
A funny thing happened as the WaPo tried to map out half a billion years of global temperatures and the "disaster of global warming" pic.twitter.com/HA6yxpf9V7
WaPo journalists cited a new study about Earth’s global surface temperatures over the last 485 million years. In 2023, Earth’s average temperature reached 14.98°C, well below the average 36°C the study showed around 100 million years ago. The trend shows Earth’s temperatures have been sliding for 50 million years. …
Maybe, just maybe, the level of human-caused global warming doom porn pushed by the Government, corporate media outlets, global NGOs and far-Left billionaires is not as apocalyptic as they make it sound.
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They are selective with the truth, to assist the policies they are promoting.
soundofreason
6 months ago
Although it’s interesting, and slightly amusing that the world is at the end (so far) of a 50million year cool down, to put things in context we should be more interested in the last couple of million years. H. Erectus was kicking around 2m years ago and evolved into or was replaced by H. Sapiens. So the last 2m years were ideal for mankind to evolve and develop to the point where we command the climate of the whole world (no, I know we don’t and there isn’t one).
So what have the conditions been like through that idyllic 2m years? Ah. Sometimes warmer, sometimes cooler. Mankind lives in tropical, temperate and arctic climates. Ideal conditions to drive our development to our current state.
Imagining that mankind does or should be able to control the world’s climates is hubris on a grand scale. Imagining that we’ve reached our peak of development and there’ll be nothing better to come is worse.
Easy conditions result in an abundance of various forms and species. Harsh conditions whittle the variety down to those that can cope. That there is only one human species suggest that harsher conditions have been operative.
The notion that we can control climate change seems on first blush an arrogant anthropocentric viewpoint that demonstrates a profound lack of historical context and a short memory (of how the human race has always adapted and adjusted to dramatic changes of environment). But on closer inspection, what is being sold to us is a grand deception. Rather than a product of arrogance and stupidity, the climate cabal are deliberately subjecting us to their directed manipulation of our worldview – one intended to cement an impression of human civilization as being foundationally detrimental to the world and ecological health.
In a sense this is true. Witness the destruction of the rainforests and the building of vanity express railroads like HS2. But the main lie is of course about CO2, the “diabolical fart of humanity”, or the “Lutherian flatulence” that will annihilate the world’s most precious ecosystems. Given that it’s common knowledge that the world existed in the full blush of ecological health at a level of CO2 orders of magnitude higher than what we breathe today, surely common sense dictates that this falsehood is not a product of scientific arrogance, but a product of the machinations of those who seek to conquer. “Net Zero” is simply a brand, intended to sell to the masses, and a means to an end – total control.
All the continents move around the surface of the Earth. The theory of plate tectonics was only accepted in the 1970s. In the last 50 million years alone the northern continents have moved up around the Artic and the Atlantic has opened wider. At the same time Antarctica moved over the geographic South Pole. All extreme temperatures, both hot and cold are only measured on the continental land masses.
The hottest sea temperature was 28.7C in the Med while the hottest land temperature was 56.7C (1913 – Death Valley). 28.7C is 71.3C short of the temp required to boil water. The coldest temperature on Earth was -89.2°C (1983 – Antarctica). However, a satellite observation in 2010 showed a surface temperature of -92°C in East Antarctica. The coldest sea temperature was -2.6C and below that it’s ice. The lowest temperatures in the Arctic are all on land. Siberia has recorded -67.7C while out over the frozen Arctic temps will be between -15C to -30C.It is possible that it is the cold land masses that are causing the Arctic to freeze.
The position of the large land masses along with mountain ranges has a huge affect on air surface temperatures while also perturbing the large air currents, both upper and lower. I really am struggling to see where CO2 fits in with the large planetary and solar forces.
In addition Antarctic Ice began forming about 34 million years ago while Arctic Ice about 2.7 million years and the Tibetan Plateau about 2.5 million years. The reason given for the Antarctic freezing is that India collided with Eurasia pushing up the Himalayas around 35 million years and this cause a draw down of CO2. Interesting hypotheses except I would have thought both poles would have frozen at the same time as CO2 is distributed fairly evenly around the globe.
[https://www.geolsoc.org.uk/Education-and-Careers/Ask-a-Geologist/Earths-Climate/Himalayan-Ice-Age]
The uplift of the Himalayan Plateau is thought to have been instrumental in bringing on the Ice ages because all silicate weathering reduces Co2 in the atmosphere and hence cools the planet. So the uplift created more silicate weathering, which lowered the greenhouse effect and hence – glaciation.
However I found this which contradicts the above:
[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/dehradun/despite-rise-in-temperatures-himalayas-will-continue-to-be-among-finest-carbon-absorption-sources-on-earth-says-study/articleshow/71155924.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst]
DEHRADUN: A study conducted by experts of Wildlife Institute of India (WII) has showed that Himalayas would continue to be one of the finest carbon absorption sources on earth despite increase in temperatures.
The study was conducted in the backdrop of worldwide trends which indicate that there is an increase of 31% atmospheric carbon dioxide since 1970. Majority of it is attributed to anthropogenic activities like deforestation, change in land use and fossil fuel combustion.
However, along with these factors, soil respiration is also a major cause for rise in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
“Soil respiration is the most dominant source of atmospheric carbon dioxide. It is a natural phenomenon of CO2 emission from soil resulting mainly from microbial decomposition of soil organic matter and root respiration. This has become a big concern worldwide,” said GS Rawat, director, WII, and principal investigator of the study.
The Himalayas have long been considered to be a carbon sink, which means they are good at absorbing carbon dioxide and reducing heat on earth thereby preventing glaciers from melting and the rich Himalayan biodiversity flourishing. But scientists were apprehensive that rise in temperatures may have impacted the Himalayan soil as well.
Rawat says that the preliminary findings of the study have come as a major relief. “Earlier, we thought all the soil carbon of the alpine region will get converted into carbon dioxide eventually with the rise in global temperature, and in its natural course, carbon dioxide will be emitted with global warming. But, it appears that alpine soil still has a huge capacity to absorb carbon dioxide.”
He attributed this to the soil bacteria in the alpine soil whose activity tends to cease with rise in temperatures. But he added that “human beings must also play a part to ensure that the Himalayas continue to function as a major carbon sink and not become a carbon source.”
“Climate Change is real and happening now” ——-How many times do we hear this? But ofcourse as in all things it is a question of degree. Millions of people drive vehicles all over the world. A small percentage are killed in accidents it is true. Those who would want rid of vehicles would highlight the accidents and perhaps say “Accidents are real and happening now” and this would ofcourse be true. But despite some deaths from accidents, vehicles are a massive benefit to society. ——-It is exactly the same with fossil fuels. There are some disadvantages, but overall they are massive benefit to society, and highlighting only the negative we get a warped overall view. ——-Billions of people have been brought out of abject poverty, their life has become easier, their health improved and lifespan greatly extended all because of FOSSIL FUELS, but on the negative side there is no evidence they are causing or will cause dangerous changes to climate. —–A question of degree, and of cost/benefit.
Jeremy: Thanks that’s really interesting. Do you have a reference for the graph?
myk
6 months ago
Ottmar Edenhofer, IPCC chair from 2008 to 2015, in a 2010 interview said. ‘One has to free oneself from the illusion that international climate policy is environmental policy. This has almost nothing to do with environmental policy anymore… We redistribute de facto the world’s wealth by climate policy’.
It is the UN’s climate policy that is an existential threat
Miriam
6 months ago
Am I correct in thinking that here in the UK we had vineyards 500 yrs ago? Judging by the number of street names like Vine St and Vineyard Road etc it would appear to be so! In which case we are cooling.
GMO
6 months ago
Next step is to ban that graph as being mis/dis-information.
When the ideology is not supported by facts then change the facts.
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They are selective with the truth, to assist the policies they are promoting.
Although it’s interesting, and slightly amusing that the world is at the end (so far) of a 50million year cool down, to put things in context we should be more interested in the last couple of million years. H. Erectus was kicking around 2m years ago and evolved into or was replaced by H. Sapiens. So the last 2m years were ideal for mankind to evolve and develop to the point where we command the climate of the whole world (no, I know we don’t and there isn’t one).
So what have the conditions been like through that idyllic 2m years? Ah. Sometimes warmer, sometimes cooler. Mankind lives in tropical, temperate and arctic climates. Ideal conditions to drive our development to our current state.
Imagining that mankind does or should be able to control the world’s climates is hubris on a grand scale. Imagining that we’ve reached our peak of development and there’ll be nothing better to come is worse.
It’s all about control, not climate. Control energy, control food, control health, control everything.
Easy conditions result in an abundance of various forms and species. Harsh conditions whittle the variety down to those that can cope. That there is only one human species suggest that harsher conditions have been operative.
The notion that we can control climate change seems on first blush an arrogant anthropocentric viewpoint that demonstrates a profound lack of historical context and a short memory (of how the human race has always adapted and adjusted to dramatic changes of environment). But on closer inspection, what is being sold to us is a grand deception. Rather than a product of arrogance and stupidity, the climate cabal are deliberately subjecting us to their directed manipulation of our worldview – one intended to cement an impression of human civilization as being foundationally detrimental to the world and ecological health.
In a sense this is true. Witness the destruction of the rainforests and the building of vanity express railroads like HS2. But the main lie is of course about CO2, the “diabolical fart of humanity”, or the “Lutherian flatulence” that will annihilate the world’s most precious ecosystems. Given that it’s common knowledge that the world existed in the full blush of ecological health at a level of CO2 orders of magnitude higher than what we breathe today, surely common sense dictates that this falsehood is not a product of scientific arrogance, but a product of the machinations of those who seek to conquer. “Net Zero” is simply a brand, intended to sell to the masses, and a means to an end – total control.
All the continents move around the surface of the Earth. The theory of plate tectonics was only accepted in the 1970s. In the last 50 million years alone the northern continents have moved up around the Artic and the Atlantic has opened wider. At the same time Antarctica moved over the geographic South Pole. All extreme temperatures, both hot and cold are only measured on the continental land masses.
The hottest sea temperature was 28.7C in the Med while the hottest land temperature was 56.7C (1913 – Death Valley). 28.7C is 71.3C short of the temp required to boil water. The coldest temperature on Earth was -89.2°C (1983 – Antarctica). However, a satellite observation in 2010 showed a surface temperature of -92°C in East Antarctica. The coldest sea temperature was -2.6C and below that it’s ice. The lowest temperatures in the Arctic are all on land. Siberia has recorded -67.7C while out over the frozen Arctic temps will be between -15C to -30C.It is possible that it is the cold land masses that are causing the Arctic to freeze.
The position of the large land masses along with mountain ranges has a huge affect on air surface temperatures while also perturbing the large air currents, both upper and lower. I really am struggling to see where CO2 fits in with the large planetary and solar forces.
“… the hottest land temperature was 56.7C (1913 – Death Valley) “
About the same temperature under Stalinmer’s freebie shirt collar at the moment? And that temp is not decreasing any time soon.
In addition Antarctic Ice began forming about 34 million years ago while Arctic Ice about 2.7 million years and the Tibetan Plateau about 2.5 million years. The reason given for the Antarctic freezing is that India collided with Eurasia pushing up the Himalayas around 35 million years and this cause a draw down of CO2. Interesting hypotheses except I would have thought both poles would have frozen at the same time as CO2 is distributed fairly evenly around the globe.
how does the pushing up of a new mountain range draw CO2?
[https://www.geolsoc.org.uk/Education-and-Careers/Ask-a-Geologist/Earths-Climate/Himalayan-Ice-Age]
The uplift of the Himalayan Plateau is thought to have been instrumental in bringing on the Ice ages because all silicate weathering reduces Co2 in the atmosphere and hence cools the planet. So the uplift created more silicate weathering, which lowered the greenhouse effect and hence – glaciation.
However I found this which contradicts the above:
[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/dehradun/despite-rise-in-temperatures-himalayas-will-continue-to-be-among-finest-carbon-absorption-sources-on-earth-says-study/articleshow/71155924.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst]
DEHRADUN: A study conducted by experts of Wildlife Institute of India (WII) has showed that Himalayas would continue to be one of the finest carbon absorption sources on earth despite increase in temperatures.
The study was conducted in the backdrop of worldwide trends which indicate that there is an increase of 31% atmospheric carbon dioxide since 1970. Majority of it is attributed to anthropogenic activities like deforestation, change in land use and fossil fuel combustion.
However, along with these factors, soil respiration is also a major cause for rise in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
“Soil respiration is the most dominant source of atmospheric carbon dioxide. It is a natural phenomenon of CO2 emission from soil resulting mainly from microbial decomposition of soil organic matter and root respiration. This has become a big concern worldwide,” said GS Rawat, director, WII, and principal investigator of the study.
The Himalayas have long been considered to be a carbon sink, which means they are good at absorbing carbon dioxide and reducing heat on earth thereby preventing glaciers from melting and the rich Himalayan biodiversity flourishing. But scientists were apprehensive that rise in temperatures may have impacted the Himalayan soil as well.
Rawat says that the preliminary findings of the study have come as a major relief. “Earlier, we thought all the soil carbon of the alpine region will get converted into carbon dioxide eventually with the rise in global temperature, and in its natural course, carbon dioxide will be emitted with global warming. But, it appears that alpine soil still has a huge capacity to absorb carbon dioxide.”
He attributed this to the soil bacteria in the alpine soil whose activity tends to cease with rise in temperatures. But he added that “human beings must also play a part to ensure that the Himalayas continue to function as a major carbon sink and not become a carbon source.”
Indeed Richard. That graph appears awfully like a [Truthful] ‘reverse hockey-stick’.
So for all those activists striving to return our living conditions to those of our ancestors we should be raising the global climate temperature?
“Climate Change is real and happening now” ——-How many times do we hear this? But ofcourse as in all things it is a question of degree. Millions of people drive vehicles all over the world. A small percentage are killed in accidents it is true. Those who would want rid of vehicles would highlight the accidents and perhaps say “Accidents are real and happening now” and this would ofcourse be true. But despite some deaths from accidents, vehicles are a massive benefit to society. ——-It is exactly the same with fossil fuels. There are some disadvantages, but overall they are massive benefit to society, and highlighting only the negative we get a warped overall view. ——-Billions of people have been brought out of abject poverty, their life has become easier, their health improved and lifespan greatly extended all because of FOSSIL FUELS, but on the negative side there is no evidence they are causing or will cause dangerous changes to climate. —–A question of degree, and of cost/benefit.
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Jeremy: Thanks that’s really interesting. Do you have a reference for the graph?
Ottmar Edenhofer, IPCC chair from 2008 to 2015, in a 2010 interview said. ‘One has to free oneself from the illusion that international climate policy is environmental policy. This has almost nothing to do with environmental policy anymore… We redistribute de facto the world’s wealth by climate policy’.
It is the UN’s climate policy that is an existential threat
Am I correct in thinking that here in the UK we had vineyards 500 yrs ago? Judging by the number of street names like Vine St and Vineyard Road etc it would appear to be so! In which case we are cooling.
Next step is to ban that graph as being mis/dis-information.
When the ideology is not supported by facts then change the facts.