Global Warming Said Slowed by Chilly Past
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Lingering effects of a frosty 500 years called the Little Ice Age may be helping to slow global warming, according to a new study. Researchers at the University of New Hampshire said cold winds roaring over the North and South poles are almost the same now as they were during the period of global chill that started in 1400 and apparently ended at the beginning of this century. The research adds important new understanding about the Little Ice Age and raises the possibility that the warming effects of greenhouse gases may be worse than now believed, the study said.
