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Originally Posted by afv011
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Perhaps you should have gone back a few more years. Perhaps back to when Greenland was green and not just as part of Erik the Red's advertising campaign? You have read those articles on the boreal forest on Greenland in areas when the icecap is now ~2KM thick. Admittedly, even when Erik the Red was selling off Greenland estates, the temperature there was ~1.5° above the average so 10° summers were common for about 500 years (985-1450AD).
Search out
Medieval warmth confirmed at the Norse Eastern Settlement in Greenland for more information. Or even just
Medieval Warm period. Or go back a few years and check out the
Roman Warm period.
The nasty bit is that the Bronze Age (Holocene Maximum), Roman and Medieval warm periods were localized event while the current temperature increase is global.
Now to dig out my telescope to see if I can locate the topic of this thread.