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Climate Fearmongers Foiled

Next time climate change activists tell you that current weather conditions are unprecedented and harming our planet, the glaciers are telling a different story. Melting glaciers in the Norwegian mountains reveals evidence of a very warm Medieval period, specifically in the Lendbreen Mountain Pass, an important trade route from the Roman Era to the late Middle Ages.

What does this mean? It tells us that today’s conditions are not unprecedented.  When you hear about retreating glaciers today translating into doom for mankind, here’s the thing:  In the first millennium A.D., there were no glaciers in Norway and people were traveling through forest terrain. Then the glaciers came and they are only now retreating. Dr. John Robson, executive director of the Climate Discussion Nexus and documentary filmmaker, says this suggests, “That it was warmer in the latter part of the Roman warm period and in Norway, at least, in the early part of the Medieval warm period, than it is now.”

Not good news for the climate fearmongers. Tune in as Dr. Robson tells us more about what glaciers and satellites are telling us about past warm periods and the present not-so-scary warm one in this edition of Climate Discussion Nexus.

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NASA Image Tells Many Stories

How much can a single picture tell us about ourselves? In 2016, NASA used the Suomi NPP weather satellite to create a high resolution image of Earth at night. It helped us better understand the current developments and conflicts underway.

The amount of light pollution is most severe in heavily populated areas, as well as in regions of high prosperity. This is especially prevalent in the Arab world, where the extraction of oil creates bright lights from the flaring of gas. And in Africa, you can trace the path of the Nile River, which, as the lifeline of Egypt, attracts civilization and is filled with commercial boats.

This image may be the most impressive illustration on how big the impact of more than 70 years of division are. Here’s more in this edition of NEO.

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Brrr! -135.8 Below Zero!

It was recently revealed that the coldest moment ever recorded on Earth occurred in 2010 in East Anarctica, when the temperature dipped to an agonizing -135.8 below zero, shattering the old mark of -128.6 in Vostok, Antarctica. Only one problem: The number was measured by a weather satellite, which apparently doesn’t fly with organizations such as the Guinness Book of World Records and The World Meteorological Organization. Says Elliott Morgan of SourceFed, “Those uppity groups require thermometer measurements for authentication.” Join Morgan and co-host Joe Bereta as they review the coldest thermometer readings across the globe.

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