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Now, down to business. I´ve spent some valuable time reading the original article (in .pdf format) written by Dr. Tom J. Chalko, MSc., PhD., on "<b>No second chance? Can Earth explode as a result of Global Warming?</b> that orginated this topic by banshee. I am also aware that I am spending some more valuable time giving my opinion here, but there are worse things (like getting married).
As reading progressed, I had the feeling the article was something like the famous <b>"Dr. Fox experiment"</b>. For those who never heard about it: A researcher in scientific writing sent copies of three "scientific" articles for "peer-review" (signed by Dr. Fox) to many respected and not so respected scientists, exposing a theory. The first set was written in plain, normal English, very easy to understand. The second version of the same theory was written in a more elaborated manner, with lots of technical words. The third version was written in a way that was completely incomprehensible, in the most abstruse sintax and full of mathematical formulas that meant nothing.
The response to the first version was an unanimous veredict: <b>"Nonsense"</b>. The second version response was: <b>"Highly interesting"</b> (from not-so-famous scientists). The third version, also from not-so-famous scientists, was <b>"Excellent"</b>. Famous scientists responded to all versions: <b>"Garbage"</b>. The favourable responses were from scientists that did not know anything about the subject, but <b>wouldn´t recognize they had some ignorance in any field</b>. That's one of the worst things in science today: scientists that have not the humbleness and honesty of simply saying: <b>"I don't know"</b>. The article by Dr. Tom Chalko <b>is a superb "Dr. Fox experiment" example.</b>
Then, there is the fact that Dr. Chalko makes assertions that are <b>false</b>. He uses these false claims to support his theory, as this one:
<i>"Surprising <b>support</b> for the likelihood of the above scenario comes from archaeology. Apparently, <b>the last ”mini” ice age on Earth</b> occurred between 536 and 540 AD - only 1490 years ago (!). </i>
Actually, the last Little Ice Age on Earth occurred between the years (aprox.) 1200-1860 AD. The clima cooled down from the "Medieval Climatic Optimum" happened between (aprox.) 750-1150 A.D., when temperatures were <b>2°Centigrades higher than today.</b> No arguing here by scientists: that was the age when the vikings explored the North Atlantic Ocean, discovered and colonized a huge island they named <b>"Greenland"</b> grew vineyards in northern Canada and the US. People were croping wheat near the Arctic circle.
There is also no arguing among serious climate scientists about the <b>Little Ice Age</b> starting at 1200 AD and ending around 1860 AD, centuries when the Thames river froze past London, and the measurement on tree rings made by Dr. John Eddy, of the National Center for Atmospheric Research identified the terrible winter of 1883-84 (also recorded in the novel <i>Lorna Doone</i>) when trees in Somerset, England, froze and many <b>exploded</b> from the buildup of internal ice. This <b>exploding</b> of freezing trees have been also recorded for the Southern Hemisphere by Spanish chroniclers present at the foundation of the Bolivian citiy of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (tropical region: 15°South) in the year of 1591. (Manuscripts in the Historical Library in Santa Cruz). Imagine that: freezing trees in the tropics!
Which was the cause of the Little Ice Age? Remember "Spoerer Minimum" and "Maunder Minimum", during the medieval period? Those were years (centuries) of total absence of sunspots. See: <A HREF="http://deschutes.gso.uri.edu/~rutherfo/milankovitch.html">"Milankovitch cycles"</A> and also: <A HREF="http://www.mtwilson.edu/Science/UCLA/"> http://www.mtwilson.edu/Science/UCLA/</A>.
Don't get nervous: 'll finish my opinion in my next post.
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Now, down to business. I´ve spent some valuable time reading the original article (in .pdf format) written by Dr. Tom J. Chalko, MSc., PhD., on "<b>No second chance? Can Earth explode as a result of Global Warming?</b> that orginated this topic by banshee. I am also aware that I am spending some more valuable time giving my opinion here, but there are worse things (like getting married).
As reading progressed, I had the feeling the article was something like the famous <b>"Dr. Fox experiment"</b>. For those who never heard about it: A researcher in scientific writing sent copies of three "scientific" articles for "peer-review" (signed by Dr. Fox) to many respected and not so respected scientists, exposing a theory. The first set was written in plain, normal English, very easy to understand. The second version of the same theory was written in a more elaborated manner, with lots of technical words. The third version was written in a way that was completely incomprehensible, in the most abstruse sintax and full of mathematical formulas that meant nothing.
The response to the first version was an unanimous veredict: <b>"Nonsense"</b>. The second version response was: <b>"Highly interesting"</b> (from not-so-famous scientists). The third version, also from not-so-famous scientists, was <b>"Excellent"</b>. Famous scientists responded to all versions: <b>"Garbage"</b>. The favourable responses were from scientists that did not know anything about the subject, but <b>wouldn´t recognize they had some ignorance in any field</b>. That's one of the worst things in science today: scientists that have not the humbleness and honesty of simply saying: <b>"I don't know"</b>. The article by Dr. Tom Chalko <b>is a superb "Dr. Fox experiment" example.</b>
Then, there is the fact that Dr. Chalko makes assertions that are <b>false</b>. He uses these false claims to support his theory, as this one:
<i>"Surprising <b>support</b> for the likelihood of the above scenario comes from archaeology. Apparently, <b>the last ”mini” ice age on Earth</b> occurred between 536 and 540 AD - only 1490 years ago (!). </i>
Actually, the last Little Ice Age on Earth occurred between the years (aprox.) 1200-1860 AD. The clima cooled down from the "Medieval Climatic Optimum" happened between (aprox.) 750-1150 A.D., when temperatures were <b>2°Centigrades higher than today.</b> No arguing here by scientists: that was the age when the vikings explored the North Atlantic Ocean, discovered and colonized a huge island they named <b>"Greenland"</b> grew vineyards in northern Canada and the US. People were croping wheat near the Arctic circle.
There is also no arguing among serious climate scientists about the <b>Little Ice Age</b> starting at 1200 AD and ending around 1860 AD, centuries when the Thames river froze past London, and the measurement on tree rings made by Dr. John Eddy, of the National Center for Atmospheric Research identified the terrible winter of 1883-84 (also recorded in the novel <i>Lorna Doone</i>) when trees in Somerset, England, froze and many <b>exploded</b> from the buildup of internal ice. This <b>exploding</b> of freezing trees have been also recorded for the Southern Hemisphere by Spanish chroniclers present at the foundation of the Bolivian citiy of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (tropical region: 15°South) in the year of 1591. (Manuscripts in the Historical Library in Santa Cruz). Imagine that: freezing trees in the tropics!
Which was the cause of the Little Ice Age? Remember "Spoerer Minimum" and "Maunder Minimum", during the medieval period? Those were years (centuries) of total absence of sunspots. See: <A HREF="http://deschutes.gso.uri.edu/~rutherfo/milankovitch.html">"Milankovitch cycles"</A> and also: <A HREF="http://www.mtwilson.edu/Science/UCLA/"> http://www.mtwilson.edu/Science/UCLA/</A>.
Don't get nervous: 'll finish my opinion in my next post.
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