i remember one article about frozen mammoths in one of my Great Mysteries of the World books (the one from Reader's Digest, I'm pretty sure), that asserted that one had been found with buttercups in it's mouth, that being a shocker as such were a mid summer flower. The book had no sourcing whatsoever, but I've often wondered about the veracity of it.
I also remember a BBC report saying that scientists were claiming it could take as little as 90 years to reach full on ice age conditions. Far indeed from The Day After Tomorrow, but I'd bet that it would be very interesting times indeed, if it were true...
Yes, I remember those stories too. Before I wrote this post, I even went googling for a drawing of a mammoth munching a flower. Like you, I have been unable to find any reliable reference to a primary source of information about the flower-chewing beast. I can find a modern study or two about pollen analysis that includes a mention of buttercups.
The closest I've got is a very old posting from 1976 that repeats the story of the mammoth with the buttercup. Again, no reference given. Very unsatisfying. I want a photograph. I want an article from the original finders of the remains.
Yes, geoengineering ideas already being brainstormed can place atmospheric cooling within the realm of the possible. I don't doubt the time scale or the efficacy of the plans. I am very leery of our ability to suss out the consequences of any additional actions we take to alter our atmosphere. I mean... terraforming our only terra? What could go wrong? :/
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I also remember a BBC report saying that scientists were claiming it could take as little as 90 years to reach full on ice age conditions. Far indeed from The Day After Tomorrow, but I'd bet that it would be very interesting times indeed, if it were true...
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The closest I've got is a very old posting from 1976 that repeats the story of the mammoth with the buttercup. Again, no reference given. Very unsatisfying. I want a photograph. I want an article from the original finders of the remains.
Yes, geoengineering ideas already being brainstormed can place atmospheric cooling within the realm of the possible. I don't doubt the time scale or the efficacy of the plans. I am very leery of our ability to suss out the consequences of any additional actions we take to alter our atmosphere. I mean... terraforming our only terra? What could go wrong? :/
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