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Maggy

27-02-2006 17:10

Europe's chill linked to disease

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4755328.stm

Quote:

Europe's "Little Ice Age" may have been triggered by the 14th Century Black Death plague, according to a new study.

I'm having a hard time getting my head round this theory.Can someone explain it a little better? :erm:

zing_deleted

27-02-2006 17:15

Re: Europe's chill linked to disease

I think what there saying is farmers died of the plague the farms became overgrown and the trees that grew used so much co2 that the temp dropped lol :)

Maggy

27-02-2006 18:36

Re: Europe's chill linked to disease

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Originally Posted by zinglebarb

I think what there saying is farmers died of the plague the farms became overgrown and the trees that grew used so much co2 that the temp dropped lol :)

So to get our environment back to normal we need to kill off all the farmers? :confused:

homealone

27-02-2006 18:51

Re: Europe's chill linked to disease

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Originally Posted by Incognitas

Quote:

Originally Posted by zinglebarb

I think what there saying is farmers died of the plague the farms became overgrown and the trees that grew used so much co2 that the temp dropped lol :)

So to get our environment back to normal we need to kill off all the farmers? :confused:

no - only the ones that chop down forests ;)

it is an interesting study & does show a correlation between the climate changes & CO2 levels, but I think the conclusion that bubonic plague was a major factor is speculative. It is possible the 're-forestation' of Europe was a contributory factor, but just as likely that other phenomena, such as reduced volcanic activity, were also involved.

MetaWraith

27-02-2006 19:44

Re: Europe's chill linked to disease

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Originally Posted by Incognitas

So to get our environment back to normal we need to kill off all the farmers? :confused:

Only the French farmers, then maybe we can reform the CAP. ;)

bmxbandit

27-02-2006 19:47

Re: Europe's chill linked to disease

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Originally Posted by homealone

absolutely - correlation isn't causality!

nemesis01

02-03-2006 20:10

Re: Europe's chill linked to disease

umm...what a load of ****, it's blighty, it's always flipping cold.

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