Re: "Washington Post Accidentally Admits Earth at Coolest Point in the Last 485 Million Years"

On Fri, 27 Sep 2024, William Hyde wrote:

I watched a documentary the other day about the fall of the akkadian empire, and apparently they suspect it was due to the 4.2 kiloyear event. It turns out that within 230:ish years, nature, (without any CO2) changed dramatically which led to less rain, which led to food shortage. Estimates say that the temperature in the region dropped 1-2 degrees C, naturally in such a short time.

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Did it say the global temperature dropped that much?   Or was this a regional event?  Regional events of this kind are common.  IIRC it is believed that the Mayans also ran into unfavourable climate change, though this is not settled.  But it's doubtless settled enough for a TV show.

Regional.

Who would have thought that nature could change so much, without CO2?

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I would.  And so would literally anybody else who spent some time reading on the subject.

You are very special William. I have met many climate _hysterics_ (and
when I say hysterics now, it is because they genuinely think the earth
will be destroyed in 5-10 years) who deny this.