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Tidal warming


Tidal warming
An investigator from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego says that the moon may have triggered a little ice age 500 years ago. Researchers had recently uncovered an interesting 1,500 to 1,800 year oscillation cycle in the world's temperatures, and the moon's influence on the world's water may explain this. Charles Keeling of the Scripps Institution suggests that the moon resets the Earth's thermostat through its influence on the tides. His calculations put the Earth in the middle of a warming phase that will continue until 2300.
18 MAY 2000
The Globe and Mail
18 MAY 2000

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