The Past was Mostly Subtropical on Earth
The earth is designed for life and was much richer in the past before a catastrophe which brought about the ice age. There were giant animals and plants in the past which could never survive in today's environment. By the way, if one investigates they will find Wooly Mammoths are not arctic creatures; they need tons of vegetation to eat. Anyway, a catastrophe threw the earth out of balance and eventually caused many animals to go extinct because a paradise like climate ended. With this in mind it is hardly reasonable to think that if the world were warming that it would be detrimental to life. Even though there probably always was ice at high altitudes there is evidence of a much milder arctic circle at one time. I don't believe the world will ever recover to the way it was, at least not in this age because the damage is done. But there is overwhelming evidence the past experienced a world that was mostly tropical to subtropical. And some of the elements along with some stored energy were pulled out of circulation because of a global disaster.
Sarah Cooke (2002) of the Associated Press
(AP), reported an ancient tropical rainforest was
discovered in Castle Rock, Colorado, which baffled
scientists, The ancient rainforest was more vibrant than some
tropical locations today.
The scientists also said,
The fossils of more than 100 kinds of towering conifer trees, huge ferns and blooming flowers challenge scientists' long-held assumption that a desolate Earth took about 10 million years to recover from the catastrophe and sprouted only a few dreary plant varieties for a long time. …Some of the tree fossils measure 6 feet in diameter. [emphasis mine]
(Chicago Sun-Times, 28 June 2002, p. W45)
There is
evidence of subtropical forests up and into the arctic circles.
They even find dinosaur fossils in Antarctica. Fossil fuel
[coal and oil] itself is evidence of lush environments that
were buried in a disaster. Under the proper conditions, peat
is the earliest stage in the formation of coal.
Peat formed in
very wet conditions accumulates considerably faster, and is less
decomposed, than that in drier places
( retrieved from
en.wikipedia.
org/wiki/peat on March 2012). Peat
is partially decomposed vegetation;
which is mostly formed
in wetlands, and is usually associated with subtropical
environment. In standing water the peat accumulates by settling to
the bottom giving it the possibility to be thick enough to
form a coal seam. It will form a coal seam if later covered by
sediment with enough pressure and heat to steam out and displace the
water that was initially needed to produce it. The coaling process
can only begin when under about half mile sediment. But the
more useful and commonly used coal, which is termed as bituminous
coal, takes a much greater covering of sediment to produce it.
The normal geothermal gradient will produce bituminous coals at
burial depths between 8,500 and 20,000 feet,
according to Western Oregon University (retrieved from
www.wou.
edu/las/physci/GS361/Fossil%20fuels/Coal.htm,
in March 2012). That's about two miles plus of
sediment on top of vegetation – which also indicates mass was
relocated or displaced from another location to cover the peat,
most probable through the repercussions of a catastrophic event that
was global. So fossil fuel mostly represents rich vegetation
deposits, and some coal and oil deposits are found where there
are no subtropical environments today.
Amongst the ancient environments that were buried amber is also
sometimes found. Amber is pitch [type of varnish] or sap that
comes from conifer trees. Amber mines are all over the world,
amber used to be mined as a precious gem. There is also amber in the
Arctic Circle, a popular site is at
Axel Heiburg Island (
Anderson
& LePage, 1995). There are no trees
growing there today, so something was different in the past. What
is just as interesting is what they find in the amber. The most
common things they find are the insects, mosquitoes,
flies, and sometimes bees. One of the most controversial finds in
amber revolves around a stingless bee that was found in New Jersey
amber; a Cretaceous deposit (90 million yrs. old [?]
). Some scientists remained skeptical about the find because this
was before flowering plants were supposed to have existed. Later they
found in New Jersey, in the same deposit, although not in the
amber itself but in the clay, a perfectly preserved …
stunning array of 90-million-year-old flowers
(Grimaldi
, 1996, p.28-30). In amazement Grimaldi
explains,
Many of the flowers are from plants surprisingly advanced evolutionarily, belonging to tropical families and other groups, which may explain such an advanced bee in New Jersey amber. …We are gradually learning that the New Jersey bee is not anomalously old: the Cretaceous is anomalously young. [emphasis mine]
(Grimaldi, D., 1996, Amber, Window to the Past, p.30, American Museum of Natural History, New York a times mirror company; Harry N. Abrams, incorporated).
A tropical rainforest has also been unearthed in Illinois where
The climate was ever wet, hot, and humid
(National
Geographic as cited by Eric Hand, retrieved from
www.showme.net/~fkeller/quake/lib/rainforestdanville.htm). Not
only do we see that tropical forests were in Illinois and New
Jersey, but layers of sediment such as the Cretaceous that have
been thought of to be old are being realized to be a lot younger.
While on a mission in Antarctica where there are no trees,
Roff Smith (2001) mentions, as he contemplates
some petrified tree bark, that there was a time when Antarctica
was a wilderness of forests, tundra, and marsh…
(p.20). Because there is evidence in Antarctica of
subtropical forest some people speculate that this continent moved to
the South Pole, but this argument doesn't seem to hold up to
what they found. In his interview with Rosemary Askin they wrestle
with that idea, Askin says to Smith;
When this was growing, Antarctica was about as far south as it is today, Askin continued, You can see from the rings that the tree stopped growing during the long months of winter darkness, then grew extremely fast when the sun reappeared in summer.
(Smith, R., 2001, Antarctica, National Geographic, December, Vol. 200, No.6, p.20)
There was a catastrophe in the past, a shift of landmass with massive sediment relocation, and a major climate change that followed. And to some degree the world seems to be still trying to recover. In the ancient book of Isaiah, which is also a part of history, gives witness to a passed and pending trauma on earth;
Isaiah 24: 18-20The floodgates of the heavens are opened, the foundations of the earth shake.
The earth is broken up, the earth is split asunder, the earth is thoroughly shaken.
The earth reels like a drunkard, it sways like a hut in the wind;
(NIV)
So we have evidence in the past that the earth was much more temperate and lush. We also have noted that the elements are not added or subtracted from the earth, although it is obvious that some of it was pulled out of circulation and stored in the form of fossil fuel, buried in a catastrophe. But did the absence of CO2 cause the ice age or was the climate change the result of a catastrophe? Carbon is what all living things are made from, and carbon dioxide is essential for separate life cycles to supplement each other. The waste from one form of life is life support to a different form of life. The more carbon and oxygen there is available the easier it is for plant and animal life to thrive; life on earth is designed to balance itself out.
But let's assume carbon dioxide causes the ice to melt: The less ice, the more plants grow because of less ice, absorbing the same carbon dioxide that was in the fossil fuel that just was burned or released into the atmosphere that was supposedly melting the ice; causing it to balance out by removing the carbon dioxide from the atmosphere in the form of new plant life. The new plants absorb the carbon, but release the oxygen part of the carbon dioxide. That produces more oxygen in the atmosphere, which may enrich the environment for animals, and animals absorb the carbon part of carbon dioxide by eating the plants. Animals, through breathing, do return a portion of carbon dioxide back into the atmosphere which cycles back again to the plants as they use each other's waste. But their bodies, just like the plants, take carbon out of circulation because animals and plants are all made of carbon. Technically, this would make a ratio of more oxygen available. As cited by the United States Geological Survey (n.d.) air bubbels in amber were analyzed and
contained nearly 35 percent oxygen compared to present levels of 21 percent(retrieved from minerals.cr.usgs.gov/gips/na/amber.html in March 2012). So we see that carbon dioxide promotes life as long as it is thoroughly broken down into its raw form. Is that a problem? Fossil fuel: that is oil is a hazard to many creatures when it remains crude oil in the form of tar pits . So man has not only found a use for oil, but also through the process of burning we take a potentially dangerous substance to nature that can express itself in the form of tar pits, and break it down into a easier to recycle molecule of carbon dioxide which is usable and beneficial to life, where crude oil is not! What would happen if an earthquake were to release an under earth oil reservoir and dumped billions of gallons into the sea or even on land by a natural disaster?
There is no proof or experiment that shows the extra amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is sufficient to cause a green house effect anyway, its only speculation not science. Thirty five years ago many blamed carbon dioxide, in the form of smog, as blocking out the suns heat. This helped facilitate restrictions on oil drilling in the U.S. and also the speed limit was dropped to 55mph and gas prices doubled, because of the fear of possibly bringing about an ice age. This was mostly because there was a cooling trend between 1930s - 1970s. This report came from National Science Board as cited by The New American magazine:
The November 1976 National Geographic story quoted the U.S. National Science Board as reporting in 1974: "During the last 20 to 30 years, world temperature has fallen, irregularly at first but more sharply over the last decade." It also quoted the National Science Board as forecasting two years earlier: "Judging from the record of past interglacial ages, the present time of high temperatures should be drawing to an end…leading into the next glacial age…"
(National Geographic, 1976, as cited by The New American, Oct.18, 2004, p31)
Carbon dioxide has not been proven to have any warming or cooling properties as an insulator; either to hold in heat or block it out. But we do know the tropics produce methane which might help warm the earth, but there are many more contributors to the earth's climate than elements in the atmosphere, such as the tilt of the earth and the activity of the sun, and possibly some reaction between the sun and the strength of the earth's magnetic field. As far as we have recorded any weather history there is evidence that the earth has pulsed back and forth with warm and cold trends, one such period is referred to as the Little Ice Age. In reality people do not have power or control over the weather, and it was always referred to as an act of God. Though, I would really like to particularly point out that green and warmth go hand in hand, and that maybe somehow our perceptions have been darkened by something? Some have abandoned definition altogether, and are so darkened that if there would be a glacier advance they would say it was the result of global warming! Theories are fundamentally religious, or based on a prejudice or belief that can have a tendency to reject observable evidence. This is important to understand because there is a relationship between wisdom and intelligence, which is related to something metaphysical and a way to obtain a certain kind of worth. So then just for surety let's see if there is any evidence that the latest weather is restraining life on the planet to begin with?
What are the results of our current climate condition? Is it bad, indifferent, or beneficial? Are bears, coyotes, deer, birds, plants fading away? In the mid 1900's, according to some in the media , the USA was going to have to feed the world, yet now half the produce is imported along with almost all the manufacturing. While bigger restrictions are being put on the rights to own and inhabit land or use natural resources, to save the planet, in many places in the world animal populations are starting to go out of control.
- Surge in Wild Animal Attacks on Suburban Children – www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,280492,00.html
- Landowners may control nuisance coyote problems – https://extension.msstate.edu/news/feature-story/2001/landowners-may-control-nuisance-coyote-problems
- Mountain Lion Attacks On People in the U.S. and Canada – tchester.org/sgm/lists/lion_attacks.html
- The Perils of the Wild, Coming Closer to Home – washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/23/AR2007042301795.html
- Perils of a Deer Coming in Close Vicinity to Pets – Cranbrook Deer-You Tube
- Monkeys on the Rampage in India – blogs.britannica.com/2009/08/monkeys-on-the-rampage-in-india/ and terradaily.com/reports/Monkeys_rampage_in_Indian_capital_999.html
- Mozambique hunts lions to stem attacks – terradaily.com/2004/040707132938.hwo71qy8.html
- Wild Animal Attacks – survival-goods.com/Wild_Animal_Attacks_s/3184.htm
- Polar Bears on Thin Ice, Not Really! – ncpa.org/pub/ba551
- Polar bear populations are still growing despite global warming, according to new research – infowars.com/polar-bear-numbers-still-on-the-rise-despite-global-warming
Not only is there reasonable proof that human activity has no direct
effect on the weather, but there heated debate that global
warming is really even happening. Because while some parts of
the world are experiencing warmer than usual temperatures, such
as the Midwestern United States in the winter of 2011-2012, other
parts are experiencing colder than usual temperatures.
The National
Post reports, Cold weather kills more than 220 in
Europe
(February 3, 2012, retrieved from:
news.nationalpost.com/2012/02/03/cold-weather-kills-more-than-220-in-europe-danube-freezes-over-france-set-to-break-power-consumption-records/).
And again,
European cold snap death toll surpasses 300,
an article
from The Telegraph (February 5, 2012,
retrieved from:
www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/weather/9062974/European-cold-snap-death-toll-surpasses-300.html ).
And because people like to demean and overpower the objects of
their interests so they can feel like a god, to feel they have
authority over the earth's destiny by keeping others from enjoying
or harvesting natural resources, the experts are smart enough to
now label any atmosphere change Climate Change
because they
themselves have no knowledge they can demonstrate in a practical
experimental model, and this way they will look smart either way.
And the past has proven that people like to blame and wipe each other
out for some kind of glory in death, so I guess some figure you
might as well market it and make a profit from it? But what force
is it in the atmosphere that really has a hold of one's interest
and enflames a desire! Because a true naturalist knows
those born into death can never save the earth. But in a religous
sense, a certain kind of trust has to be proved as true or false
for a new world and government/authority. And I would like to
point out that the real interest becomes more evident when
trouble tests it and God himself is going to make a judgment towards
those who claimed to know his Living Word –his Son.
Stormy Weather

Water heated as high as 750°F by magma from earth's interior billows from a sea floor chimney. The surrounding ocean is just a few degrees above freezing. When the two fluids meet, iron sulfide precipitates, giving the "black smoker" its color.
(Deep Sea Vents, National Geographic, Nov. 2000, p.118)
Some have blamed man or carbon dioxide under the guise of global warming to explain why Larson's Ice shelf was melting in Antarctica. But what is being over looked is that there are several semi-active volcanoes dotted on one side of the continent, Mount Erebus being the most famous. There is even a hot springs in the area referred to as Deception Island, which is off the coast of Antarctica. But the heat is not uniform:
Though scientists worry about Antarctica's warming climate, the change is not uniform. Near Cape Crozier the Ross Ice Shelf has grown several miles in the past two decades, creating a sheltered cove of sea ice for the Emperor penguin.
(Antarctica, National Geographic, Vol.200, No.6, Dec. 2001, p.7)
So we begin to realize that there are forces at work that are not being perceived for some reason. Hurricanes feed from hot water or moisture coming up from the oceans, not carbon dioxide. Geothermal baths or hot springs are the results of extraordinary heat derived from stress under the earth, and are usually in the vicinity of a semi-active volcano. Greenland and Iceland are both subject to hot water vents and hot springs. Iceland, which is a not too distant neighbor of Greenland, experiences volcanic activity. Eyjafjallajokull Volcano is the most famous because of a very recent eruption in Iceland. So why are hot water vents being overlooked as a heat source and human activity being blamed for the weather, climate, or more specifically the ice melt?

