Yes, there were tropical conditions in Montana at one
time. Coal deposits in Antarctica. Since plants also
suffer from high temps it is interesting to
contemplate what the equator was like. I suggest the
thermal pump was far more energetic (equator to pole
air flow)
Your comment re buffering is quite apt IMO.
-Kirk
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Recently there have been many news reports
> concerning global warming, some of which have
> discussed the melting of huge amounts of glacial ice
> from the poles and high mountain ranges. Often,
> there is also mention of the fact that the actual
> global temperature has risen very little. What I
> haven't seen is anyone putting the two together. The
> same as in a buffered chemical or physiological
> system, I feel that the vast amount of ice in place
> on the earth is acting as a buffer. The same way
> that external measurements of a buffered chemical
> reaction will change very little despite radical
> changes within the system, I feel that the measured
> average temperature of the earth can be expected to
> change relatively little due to the absorption by
> the glacial ice of tremendous amounts of heat as it
> melts. In addition to all the potential problems
> caused by this melting ice on sea level, changes of
> sea water salinity, and sea water temperature, one
> may expect to see dramatic changes in global
> temperature once this buffer is exhausted. Let us
> not be mislead by assumptions that the earth might
> only see up to ten degrees of change. I don't think
> anyone has much of a clue as to the actual amount of
> heat that is being produced and absorbed into the
> ice. Once the ice is gone, we might really start
> cooking around here.
>
> Derek
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