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		simonh on June 14, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Earth may be headed into a mini Ice Age within a d... That's assuming that there is any kind of natural 'regulation' of the earth's climate. It appears to veer erratically from mini-ice age to heatwave. However it's true we do need to vary carefully consider the downsides of any potential interventions and be flexible about it. There's far too much dogma and polarisation of debate in climate science at the moment.

danparsonson on June 14, 2011 [–]

That is indeed an assumption on my part, although there is evidence of such regulation that I, at least, find compelling; for example:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Vostok_420ky_4curves_insol...

and it's worth pointing out that long term regulation and the shorter term variations that you mentioned aren't necessarily incompatible.

IANA Climate Scientist though!

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