Episode #086: The Natural Order - Variable Climate / Giant Ice Age Lakes

Summary

The podcast discusses the recent storms and flooding in western Montana, linking them to evidence of massive pro-glacial lakes and catastrophic climate events across North America. Key historical writings related to climate change and migrations are explored, emphasizing the role of natural variability in past climate oscillations. The Sun is identified as the main source of melting energy for glaciers in the context of global climate change.

Key takeaways

• 1Evidence of massive pro-glacial lakes in the Southwest US
• 2Discussion of Little Ice Age glaciers and their recent retreat
• 3Historical contributors to climate awareness mentioned: Hubert Lamb, Hermann Flohn, and Geikie
• 4Role of the Sun in climate change dynamics
• 5Notable mention of megafloods and their impact on paleoclimate understanding

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Transcript excerpt

That's ancientnutrition.com, code protein. This is Cosmographia, the Randall Carlson Podcast. And welcome back, ladies and gentlemen. This is Cosmographia, the Randall Carlson Podcast. And I think last recorded episode we were discussing serpent symbolism and, you know, mythology surrounding that symbol. And now we're moving forward into a new topic, but also related, as all of this stuff usually is related in some way or another. Planetary change, catastrophes, natural disasters, right? Is that right, Randall? That's where we're going. I think we should delve into that for a while. Yeah. Crazy weather events. Yes. Yeah. And we need a context. I mean, especially with, oh, you know, the political climate and the discussion. People need a better context to understand some of the claims being made back and forth. So I thought we could devote a few podcasts to looking into some of the things that might be considered kind of controversial. But, you know, we're always here hearing that we should follow the science. So, okay, let's do that. Let's follow the science. Let's see where it takes us. I'm all about it. May not lead to where some people want it to go, but we're going to give it a shot anyway. It might lead to us being kicked off YouTube. Well, it might lead to us getting chastised a few times. We have plenty of warning banners already. Yes, we do. Are we getting warning banners? Yeah, I get YouTube comments about that pretty regularly. Absolutely. Yep. Tell me about that. I don't know. They are badges of honor. That's how you look at it. Every time you get a warning banner from YouTube, you're like, doing it right. Okay, we're getting warning banners from YouTube. Are you saying, wait a minute, we have? ...

Excerpt from Kosmographia, Aug 11, 2022. Rights remain with the original creators. Hear the full episode at the source.