climate history

Climate has changed continuously throughout history. There is no direct relationship between climate or the earth's temperature and the amount of so-called "greenhouse gases". The supposed main "greenhouse gas", carbon dioxide, constitutes only 0.035% of the atmosphere. The dominant heat trapping mechanism is water vapour, accounting for over 90% of the so-called greenhouse effect. Furthermore, there is solid scientific evidence that increases in CO2 levels generally follow by about 800 years, rather than precede a temperature increase of the earth's climate.

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Climate Changes in the Recent Past

Climate History

Not The Hottest Year On Record

The Little Ice Age Thermometers (1660 to 2009)

No Ice At The North Pole - 1959

1000 Year Temperature History From The Canadian Rockies

Myths & Facts

MYTH: During the late 20th Century, average global temperature (AGT) increased at a dangerously fast rate and reached a high point of unprecedented magnitude.

FACT: The recent rate of AGT rise has been approximately 1 deg.C per century, which falls squarely within natural rates of climate change for the last 10,000 years. AGT has been several degrees warmer than today many times in the recent geological past.