Ancient Global Dimming Linked to Volcanic Eruption

[NormaRegula]

An article from today's National Geographic site positing that a volcanic eruption might have caused the start of the so-called Dark Ages in the sixth century. _http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/03/080319-global-dimming.html

Something that caught my attention in the article is in bold:

A "dry fog" that muted the sun's rays in A.D. 536 and plunged half the world into a famine-inducing chill was triggered by the eruption of a supervolcano, a new study says. The cause of the sixth-century global dimming has long been a matter of debate, but a team of international researchers recently discovered acidic sulphate molecules, which are signs of an eruption, in Greenland ice. Scientists had suspected the dry fog was caused by a volcanic eruption or a comet strike, but searches had failed to uncover evidence for either catastrophe—until now.

 

[Telperion]

Well, with all the seismic activity lately and with the dramatic increase of meteor sitings we're headed in this direction again very soon...it's just a matter of what will happen first I think.

 

[Aeneas]

As usual National Geographics seems to work as an organ for disinformation and the timing of this article is not surprising with all the reports of meteors in the news. I found this comment to the article on the net, which fits with what I remember from reading his book:

There is quite a bit of evidence that points to that this hypothesis does not hold water. This is not to say that there were no volcanic eruptions as has been evidenced in the icecores. Dendrochronologist Mike Baillie explores this in depth in his book "New Light on the black Death: The cosmic connection" and he points to another cause that much evidence supports. He writes:

"The problem was that several lines of reasoning actually suggested that the volcano hypothesis did not make much sense. For example, the events in the trees tended to last for longer than volcanologists were comfortable with. The volcanic material, even from a big explosive eruption, is not injected all that high into the stratosphere; thus over just a few years it should rain out."

Even a big eruption would have been washed out after 3 years according to volcanologists. But the event of AD 536 lasted for most of a decade!!!

 

[NormaRegula]

As usual National Geographics seems to work as an organ for disinformation and the timing of this article is not surprising with all the reports of meteors in the news...

Yup. I grew up having publications like Scientific American, National Geographic, and Popular Mechanics around. They were highly respected by my family. Being more aware of how things really work in this messed-up world of lies, such journals and magazines are just another way of disseminating (and distorting!) what the PTB wants the public to know...or not know. Sharing any knowledge that might empower persons to take control of their own lives via reporting on scientific breakthroughs and technologies that can't be controlled for profit or other nefarious purposes would really ruin the PTB STS racket.