Comments on: Can the Alleged Consensus Actually be Wrong? http://neveryetmelted.com/2009/07/16/can-the-alleged-consensus-actually-be-wrong/ The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. -- D.H. Lawrence Fri, 25 May 2012 12:39:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: SmartDogs http://neveryetmelted.com/2009/07/16/can-the-alleged-consensus-actually-be-wrong/comment-page-1/#comment-140690 SmartDogs Fri, 17 Jul 2009 04:06:54 +0000 http://neveryetmelted.com/?p=6368#comment-140690 Plate tectonics, the relative locations of continents and ocean currents are believed to have been important in the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum (PETM). Some also believe that the Milankovitch cycles figure prominently in the PETM. Volcanic action, comet or meteor impacts and other factors could also be vitally important. The thing is - global climate science is a system with an <i>infinite</i> number of variables. The great beauty of geology lies in the fact that we can never really know the answers to many of the great questions. Plate tectonics, the relative locations of continents and ocean currents are believed to have been important in the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum (PETM). Some also believe that the Milankovitch cycles figure prominently in the PETM. Volcanic action, comet or meteor impacts and other factors could also be vitally important.

The thing is – global climate science is a system with an infinite number of variables. The great beauty of geology lies in the fact that we can never really know the answers to many of the great questions.

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