"Defining a true 'pre-industrial' climate period" Topic
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| Tango01 | 27 Jan 2017 4:33 p.m. PST |
"Scientists are seeking to define a new baseline from which to measure global temperatures – a time when fossil-fuel burning had yet to change the climate. At the moment, researchers tend to use the period 1850-1900, and this will often be described as "pre-industrial". But the reality is that this date range came after industry really got going. And the influence of humans on the climate was already in play, judging from the ice cores that retain a record of carbon dioxide emissions. These show a perceptible uptick by 1850-1900; likewise for other greenhouse gases such as methane…"
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| Hafen von Schlockenberg | 28 Jan 2017 10:03 a.m. PST |
And I believe the previous one was during the height of the Roman empire. |
| Tango01 | 28 Jan 2017 11:53 a.m. PST |
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| KTravlos | 30 Jan 2017 9:34 a.m. PST |
that is not fully going to help, as the agricultural revolution also saw massive deforestation. You would have to control for that as well. |
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wonders if he can use his 3Dprinter to make markers.
