Re: Europe's chill linked to disease

In message <hcn602d4n7qh8h2s1hofgb35erhmk41o7a@xxxxxxx>, Eric Stevens <eric.stevens@xxxxxxxxx> writes
On Mon, 27 Feb 2006 16:49:24 +0000, Simon Pugh
<News@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

According to a theory on BBC news today, the little ice age was
triggered by the black death. Apparently lots of people died so land
wasn't cultivated so much so there were more trees which mopped up the
CO2.

Sounds pretty daft to me, but then I am not a paeloclimatologist. :-)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4755328.stm

Trees only mop up CO2 while the forests are expanding. As soon as nett
growth becomes static the effect should stop. I suspect that close
examination will not support a useful correlation.



Eric Stevens


It certainly sounds implausible. Also I thought the cooling started before the Black Death or at least there were some food shortages due to poor weather shortly before the Black Death.

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