New Plant Finds In Andes Foretell Of Ancient Climate Change
New Plant Finds In Andes Foretell Of Ancient Climate Change
Lonnie thompson, a glaciologist has returned from Peru with samples of plants which were formerly covered by glaciers which seem to show that the andes are warmer now than they have been for many thousands of years
In 2002, he first stumbled across some non-fossilized plants exposed by the steadily retreating Quelccaya ice cap. Carbon dating showed that plant material was at least 5,000 years old.
Then in 2004, Thompson found additional plant beds revealed by the continued retreat of the melting ice and when tested, these proved to be carbon-free, suggesting that they might date back more than 50,000 years. If true, that would suggest that the climate in that region may not have been as warm as it is today in more than 500 centuries.
and yet those arrogant bastards still deny that the global climate is getting warmer and disaster approaching
