tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059095776066394557.post6420692546473662851..comments2023-10-25T03:22:30.728-06:00Comments on Ragamuffin Studies: It's Always the End of the World As We Know It: A Review of The Little Ice AgeElisheva Hannah Levinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16061377724926154037noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059095776066394557.post-41401020440391155502008-01-23T06:16:00.000-07:002008-01-23T06:16:00.000-07:00This book sounds great! I've added it to my list ...This book sounds great! I've added it to my list and put it near the top. <BR/><BR/>I've read about the Little Ice Age as part of my history classes due to their effects on Northern European countries. It should be very interesting to read a book that combines the history with the science.Debbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16172647342676453616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059095776066394557.post-65849838727288870852008-01-22T16:05:00.000-07:002008-01-22T16:05:00.000-07:00Amie--yes, I have heard that, too. For reasons I o...Amie--yes, I have heard that, too. For reasons I outlined in this review, and also in my other post about global climate change, I think it is more accurate to say that we don't know the extent to which humanity has contributed to the current warming. At the moment, it looks much like the medieval warming period, which was definitely not caused by the human use of hydrocarbons.<BR/><BR/>Rational Jen--this book is written for an intelligent, popular audience. It is not a textbook. Believe me, I am a scientist, but I would not read a textbook for pleasure.Elisheva Hannah Levinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16061377724926154037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059095776066394557.post-64698344098829972502008-01-22T15:28:00.000-07:002008-01-22T15:28:00.000-07:00That sounds like an interesting book! Does it pre...That sounds like an interesting book! Does it presuppose a certain level of scientific knowledge or could someone (like me!) with just some basic knowledge and brains understand it?Jenn Caseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07849654785544313839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059095776066394557.post-32593912338966593642008-01-22T12:38:00.000-07:002008-01-22T12:38:00.000-07:00Sounds like an interesting level-headed book. The ...Sounds like an interesting level-headed book. The book mentions it's an illusion that climate change occurs gradually but rather it changes abruptly. I've heard people state the opposite asx proof that the recent rapid change in climate is caused by man.Amiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05583971319806873447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059095776066394557.post-49105633977612376722008-01-22T10:46:00.000-07:002008-01-22T10:46:00.000-07:00Kaber: In earth's history, climate change is often...Kaber: In earth's history, climate change is often accompanied by changes in the ranges of the flora and fauna on earth. There can be rapid speciation as well as the loss of species unable to adapt. If Ki is interested in extinction, there are some really good books out now about the major extinction events, such as the Permian and K-T extinction events. If he is more interested in how species adapt and how ranges change, then I recommend E. O. Wilson's <I>The Diversity of Life</I>. <BR/><BR/>Melora, thanks! I truly enjoyed the book.<BR/><BR/>~L~: Thanks for stopping by! Yes, the CO2 levels do continue to rise, and we are not certain what that will do to the underlying rhythm of warming and cooling that seems to result from solar cycles, and interactions between the atmosphere and the oceans. It could precipitate a faster cooling--as more water in the atmosphere falls as snow at the poles--thus maintaining the glacial cycles but with a different rhythm. It could also change the climatic regime altogether. Currently the warming is not much different, temperature-wise from the Medieval Warm Period. But that lasted 300 years. It's a cool time to be interested in climate, that's certain.Elisheva Hannah Levinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16061377724926154037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059095776066394557.post-64833727440783726782008-01-22T09:53:00.000-07:002008-01-22T09:53:00.000-07:00I am so getting this book. I am fascinated by The...I am so getting this book. I am fascinated by The Little Ice Age, but I have only seen it discussed in documentaries up to now. <BR/><BR/>Kaber, the current climate changes aren't restricted to Global Warming, per se, but what makes them different from the rise and fall of the past millenia is that they aren't going back down. The CO2 levels continue to rise, <I>unchecked by the natural rhythms</I>. What historical records like this one do for us is give us a glimpse of how subtle changes in temperature can have drastic effects. That's what is so concerning.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04944128586617435810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059095776066394557.post-84061950197552469602008-01-21T15:47:00.000-07:002008-01-21T15:47:00.000-07:00Sounds like a neat book, and I enjoyed your synops...Sounds like a neat book, and I enjoyed your synopsis!Melorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16285358490646455774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059095776066394557.post-60983162886926588832008-01-21T14:18:00.000-07:002008-01-21T14:18:00.000-07:00very interesting! Ki (11) is always talking about ...very interesting! Ki (11) is always talking about Global Warming and how it's hurting certain animals. I tried to tell him that the world has always have climate changes that change the way of life on earth. But I really don't now much about that. Maybe it's a book I should look into reading.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the comment. MILK with heat anc choclate is the best way to have it!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14771682280188836517noreply@blogger.com