Not here in Greenwich - it's the original Garden of Eden, and Birthplace of Man. Even at the most extreme time of the Ice Age, Greenwich Park and the area for a mile around it was a haven of temperate climate, with apple trees, sweet chestnuts in abundance, lions lying down with lambs, and so much milk and honey the local Cro-Magnons had to wear green wellies to keep their toes dry.
> > Apparently even the parts of Britain that were not covered > with ice were unfit for Human habitation up until about > 10,000 years ago > > Bob W wrote: > > I'd have been ok. The ice sheet that covered most of > Britain stopped > > about > > 15 miles north of here, in Finchley. > > > > Bob > > > >> Marnie, > >> If it hadn't been for the glaciers retreating, my 1/4 acre here in > >> Chicago would be under 1,000 feet of ice. Somitmes change > is good to > >> us, sometimes not so much. Just ask the dinosaurs... > >> Regards, Bob S. > >> > >> On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 11:00 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >>> In a message dated 8/16/2009 1:13:29 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > >>> [email protected] writes: > >>> > >>> What have the glaciers ever done for us? > >>> > >>> With all these glaciers melting I'm hoping one day someone > >>> > >> will find > >> > >>> a frozen Neanderthal - that would almost make it worthwhile. > >>> > >>> Bob > >>> > >>> ============== > >>> Oceans warm up as glaciers disappear. As oceans warm up, the air > >>> warms, and there is more climate change. As there is > more climate > >>> change some places get hotter, dryer, and some get > wetter, colder. > >>> Too many degrees of change in one direction or another > >>> > >> leads to deforestation and desertification. > >> > >>> Too much change leads to areas that were once arable > becoming less > >>> arable or unarable. The end result is they are fewer areas > >>> > >> that can > >> > >>> grow food. Less food for the world's population. > >>> > >>> But I presume you actually know all that. Or my drastic > >>> simplification of it. > >>> > >>> Marnie aka Doe :-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
