revrnd
01-07-2008, 08:46 PM
This was in today's National Post:
Moreover, while we in the West have good Arctic weather data for only the past half century or less, the Russians -- with their northern military bases, scientific stations and gulags -- have records going back more than a century. And many Russian scientists are convinced the Earth has entered (or soon will enter) a sustained period of cooling, rather than calamitous warming.
Habibullah Abdusamatov, head of the Pulkovo Observatory, was quoted by Russian news agencies last week saying the Earth has passed the heat peak. The recent active period of solar activity has ended and noticeably colder temperatures could begin as soon as 2012.[/b]
Moreover, while we in the West have good Arctic weather data for only the past half century or less, the Russians -- with their northern military bases, scientific stations and gulags -- have records going back more than a century. And many Russian scientists are convinced the Earth has entered (or soon will enter) a sustained period of cooling, rather than calamitous warming.
Habibullah Abdusamatov, head of the Pulkovo Observatory, was quoted by Russian news agencies last week saying the Earth has passed the heat peak. The recent active period of solar activity has ended and noticeably colder temperatures could begin as soon as 2012.[/b]