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Arctic's ancient past offers glimpse of global warming's future

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mkelly6/28/2010 1:06:35 pm PDT

From The New York Times, 1969

From the 9th century to the 13th century almost no ice was reported there. This was the period- of Norse colonization of’ Iceland and Greenland. Then, conditions worsened and the Norse colonies declined. After the Little Ice Age of 1650 to 1840 the ice began to vanish near Iceland and had almost disappeared when the trend re versed, disastrously crippling Icelandic fisheries last year.

Speaking of the Artic ice. Those darn Vikings must have soaked up all the CO2 and caused the ice to reform.