Once More...

...an article about global warming slips in evidence that the earth has been very warm before, long before humans began producing CO2 on an industrial scale:

Dead Sea will not survive drought, say geologists

"Environmentalists have warned that the Dead Sea would not survive a significant period of drought after discovering that it all but disappeared 120,000 years ago during high temperatures."

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"Environmental scientists told the American Geophysical Union at their annual conference in San Francisco that the discovery proves the precarious existence of the Dead Sea, which is diminishing rapidly.

The Dead Sea marks the border between Israel and Jordan and is the lowest point on the planet, sitting 1,394ft [425m] below sea level. The salty water covers layer upon layer of sediment that captures the climatic history of the region going back thousands of years.

Holes drilled into the deepest point of the lake produced evidence that it almost evaporated hundreds of thousands of years ago, when there were very few humans living by its shores."

LOL!! Stooopid.