Publisher's Synopsis
We are today newcomers to some climate events that have not been seen for a very long time, and which nature has played out many times before. It is plainly evident, from an analysis of the record of the past, that carbon dioxide has not played a determining role during times of climate change, and in fact has obscured our view of far more important forces of change. We have placed ourselves in a high stakes gamble with nature, and we should realize that when it comes to climate, that nature holds all, or nearly all, of the cards.The climate in the North Atlantic and the Subpolar Seas is now known to be a precursor to change globally, and it is apparent that over the last several decades every important aspect of this region's climate is increasingly experiencing great change. Because of the important role of this region, and that the changes there are really driven by global influences that are also undergoing change, and because of the timing in the Earth's glacial cycle in which we find ourselves today, we should be cognizant of the possibility that an expected cooling in this region could propagate into a global event.
