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Old December 1st 09, 03:07 PM posted to sci.archaeology,sci.geo.meteorology
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Default Big freeze plunged Europe into ice age in months

European Science Foundation
http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem...CultureCode=en

"Around 12,800 years ago the northern hemisphere was hit by a mini ice-
age, known by scientists as the Younger Dryas, and nicknamed the ‘Big
Freeze', which lasted around 1300 years. Geological evidence shows
that the Big Freeze was brought about by a sudden influx of
freshwater, when the glacial Lake Agassiz in North America burst its
banks and poured into the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans. This vast
pulse, a greater volume than all of North America's Great Lakes
combined, diluted the North Atlantic conveyor belt and brought it to a
halt.

Without the warming influence of this ocean circulation temperatures
across the Northern hemisphere plummeted, ice sheets grew and human
civilisation fell apart."

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Does the reader agree that this is good science?

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David Christainsen - Meteorologist