Sprinkled throughout this article that looks to originate with the AP.
"...the last few decades of the 20th century
were warmer than any comparable period in the last 400 years," the
panel wrote. It said the "recent warmth is unprecedented for at least
the last 400 years and potentially the last several millennia," though
it was relatively warm around the year 1000 followed by a "Little Ice
Age" from about 1500 to 1850."
Yeah, things have been all normal, 'cept for those warm years and then the 350 year ice age.
"It had compared the sharp curve of the hockey
blade to the recent uptick in temperatures _ a 1 degree rise in global
average surface temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere during the 20th
century _ and the stick's long shaft to centuries of previous climate
stability." (since that recent ice age, that is)
1 degree rise in 100+ years of burning fossil fuel....ah, the instability of it all...
"Between 1 A.D. and 1850, volcanic eruptions and
solar fluctuations had the biggest effects on climate. But those
temperature changes "were much less pronounced than the warming due to
greenhouse gas" levels by pollution since the mid-19th century, the
panel said."
Yeah, except for that "Little Ice Age" and those "warm years". Climate changes, weather changes, and that IS normal. What, did the sun and volcanoes disappear in 1850? Yes, we've added a lot of CO2 to the atmosphere in the last 150 years....but we've only seen a 1 degree average temperature change....that is good news! But just because the sky isn't falling (you heard it here first), doesn't mean we can rest...there are many dire things that can happen to humanity.
Here's a good idea Smart, relatively small things like this will go a long way should we face some major "humanity squashing" disasters.