Global Warming Hype

The Earth’s temperature range, as demonstrated in the article “The Hockey Stick: A New Low in Climate Science” by John Daly, fluctuates on a cyclical scale of hot and cold periods. The author highlights previous periods of global warming then cooling cycles with excerpts from classical literature. Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbuy Tales speaks the summers of relentless heat during the 1300s. While an excerpt from an Elizabeth preacher complains of the cool summers and poor harvests during the late sixteenth century. The warming during the 1300s, followed by a global cooling in the 1500s, shows the cyclical nature of global temperatures.

Thus, it may be erroneous for climatologists and global warming fanatics to advise of the disastrous consequences of causes of the modern period of global warming. The warm period, spoke of in Chaucer’s writings, boasted summers of hotter temperatures than at present. The cooler period in the late sixteenth century, is now referred to as the “Little Ice Age” by climatologists. The period of medieval warming allowed for the colonization of Greenland. Scientists attribute such warming and cooling cycles to natural variations due to radiation from sun spots. Periods of warmer weather are attributable to greater radiation exposure, while cooler periods are correlated with less radiation.

Carbon-14 isotopes are used to date solar activity during periods throughout history. The science of Carbon-14 dating correlates increased solar activity with the Medieval times, while a decrease in solar activity is apparent during the “Little Ice Age.” However, those who warn of the recent global warming periods blame the increase on temperatures on human activates such as industrialization and burning of fossil fuels. As Daly points out, the warmer temperatures of the Medieval period could not be attributable to the notable lack of industrialization. If solar activity did cause the global warming of theMiddle Ages, then perhaps it is responsible for contemporary warming also. To note, there is an increased amount of present solar activity when compared to much cooler periods of climate history.