2. 700 Years Ago … Extreme & Volatile Climatic Shifts Cooling of 4 degrees from the climate we know today Severely Cold Fatal & history changing consequences Is it a recurring cycle? Will it happen again?
3. 14th and 19th Centuries … SEDIMENT CORES: Fossilized remains Oceanic creatures who have temperature preferences Gives clues to climate in different areas Proves a global cooling of 4 degrees
4. Cooling destroyed farm lands Crops that were the only source of nutrition were impossible to cultivate. Catastrophic rains for a period of 5 years flooded the farming areas Hunger and starvation killed approximately 1.5 million Famine Affects on humanity …
5. Global cooling killed grape vines that produced wine Beer and alcohol production began using cereal grains that survived This culture has stayed true through the ages Creating a culture of Beer Affects on Humanity …
6. The Maunder minimum During the years of 1645 to 1752 came the Maunder Minimum Sunspots dropped significantly, 400 to only 50 Reduced heat radiation for Earth Caused an additional 3 degree cooling Rapid advancing of large glaciers Continued suffering from destroyed farm lands
7. A Year Without a summer … Indonesian eruption of Tambora Cataclysmic eruption 100,000 times worse than Mt. St. Helen 15 ½ miles into the Earth’s atmosphere Severe famine caused riots and heightened crime Caused the year without a summer in Europe and America Extreme cold weather all year round
