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baza Jun 29, 2005 00:44:26

Replying to FourWinds

Yes, but first you've got to generate the conditions to produce less cloud in summer and winter.
I just can't see it in these isles.

FourWinds Jun 29, 2005 07:39:47

Replying to baza

The summers were generally 3 or 4 degrees warmer a few thousand years ago. This is why they could start a farming community at the Ceide Fields in Mayo around 3000 bce. Now you can only grow old there :-) It's also why there's so much stuff under the peatbogs of Ireland. Not too sure about the winters though.

Steve Gray Jun 29, 2005 11:15:24

Replying to baza

We owe our mild damp climate to the Gulf Stream. If it weren't for that we'd have a climate much closer to that of continental Europe - less cloud and hence, as 4W says, hotter summers and colder winters. Ocean currents may have altered significantly over the last few thousand years.