The research co-led by Drs. Christelle Not and Benoit Thibodeau from the Department of Earth Sciences and the Swire Institute of Marine Science, The University of Hong Kong, highlights a dramatic weakening of the circulation during the 20th century that is interpreted to be a direct consequence of global warming and associated melt of the Greenland Ice-Sheet. This is important for near-future climate as slower circulation in the North Atlantic can yield profound change on both the North American and European climate but also on the African and Asian summer monsoon rainfall. The findings were recently published in the prestigious journal Geophysical Research Letters.
[...] Interestingly, the research team also found a weak signal during a period called the Little Ice Age (a cold spell observed between about 1600 and 1850 AD). While not as pronounced as the 20th century trend, the signal might confirm that this period was also characterized by a weaker circulation in the North Atlantic, which implies a decrease in the transfer of heat toward Europe, contributing to the cold temperature of this period. However, more work is needed to validate this hypothesis.
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-11/tuoh-oci112318.php
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 02 2018, @11:45PM
This is parallel reconstruction, they actually used sunspot data:
https://biblehub.com/bsb/genesis/41.htm [biblehub.com]
The cross was originally a navigational tool, but eventually its symbolic meaning took over and its practical meaning was lost due cargo culting. This is much like how 'science' is being coopted by cargo culters today:
http://viewzone.com/crichton.html [viewzone.com]
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult_science [wikipedia.org]