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Ancient plant remains discovered two miles below greenland ice sheet; evidence questions current Ice Age theories Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

REPPED: Scientists conducting ice core drilling in North greenland were recently shocked to recover a core sample from two miles below the surface that contained blades of grass and pine needles. So what's the big deal about finding grass and pine needles under two miles of ice? Can't we find grass and pine needles all over the place?

Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means Ron Garner See book keywords and concepts

Even in the supposedly clean environment of greenland, one in six Greenlanders now have potentially harmful blood levels of mercury from eating contaminated fish and whales.3 What makes mercury so devastating to our health is its ability to travel to all parts of the body, causing dysfunction, degeneration, and destruction of cells. Our immune systems weaken until we gradually slow down and then begin to age rapidly. Mercury Poisoning From Dental Amalgams Silver amalgams, used to fill cavities in teeth, are mixtures of mercury, silver, copper, tin, and in some cases, zinc.

Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey See book keywords and concepts

R., and greenland, P. (2004). Accumulated evidence on fish consumption and coronary heart disease mortality: a meta-analysis of cohort studies. Circulation 109, 2705-2711. 229. Hu, F. B., Bronner, L., Willett, W. C, Stampfer, M. J., Rexrode, K. M., Albert, C. M., Hunter, D., and Manson, J. E. (2002). Fish and omega-3 fatty acid intake and risk of coronary heart disease in women. JAMA 287, 1815-1821. 230. He, K, Song, Y., Daviglus, M. L., Liu, K, Van Horn, L., Dyer, A. R., Goldbourt, U., and greenland, P. (2004). Fish consumption and incidence of stroke: a meta-analysis of cohort studies.

Survival of the Sickest: A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease Dr. Sharon Moalem See book keywords and concepts

But when the conveyor is disrupted—say, by a huge influx of warm fresh water melting off the greenland ice sheet—it may have a significant impact on global climate and turn Europe into a very, very cold place. just before the Younger Dryas, our European ancestors were doing pretty well. Tracing human migration through DN A, scientists have documented a population explosion in Northern Europe as populations that had once migrated north out of Africa now moved north again into areas of Europe that had been uninhabitable during the last ice age (before the Younger Dryas).

PDR for Herbal Medicines, Fourth Edition Thomson Healthcare, Inc. See book keywords and concepts

Habitat: The plant grows in the Northern Hemisphere from North America, greenland and Europe to the Mediterranean and Iceland; and Asia from the Caucasus and the Himalayas to Siberia. Production: Lady's Mantle herb consists of the fresh or dried above-ground parts of Alchemilla vulgaris gathered at flowering time, as well as its preparations. It is produced mostly through cultivation.

Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet Mark Lynas See book keywords and concepts

By the time world temperatures approach three degrees above today's levels, sea levels will have risen by anything between another 25 cm and a full metre (much of the reason for the uncertainty, as we saw earlier, is the unpredictable behaviour of the greenland and Antarctic ice caps). With stronger hurricanes likely, and possibly stronger winter nor'easters too, the New York 'perfect storm' may happen not once but many times over. What counts today as a one-in-100-year flood could arrive every 20 years by the 2050s, and every 4 years by the 2080s.

The NASA climate scientist James Hansen has pointed out that judging from palaeoclimatic evidence eventual rises of 25 metres from greenland and Antarctica are pretty much inevitable once global temperatures pass two degrees. Even spread out over many centuries, this would stretch the human capacity for adaptation. Coastal zones will be in a constant state of flux, their human inhabitants insecure and threatened as the waves roll closer each year.

Unlike Greenland's ice cap, which is firmly anchored on a continental landmass, much of the base of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is grounded below sea level - and that makes it vulnerable to collapse. The first signs of change are all around. The monumental glaciers which drain ice from the centre of the continent have begun to speed up and retreat, and the great ice sheet is losing somewhere between 90 and 150 cubic kilometres of ice every year. This thinning has also propagated far inland, lowering the ice sheet by a metre or more as far as 300 kilometres away from the coast.

That, together with Greenland's collapse, would put me on the coast at my home in Oxford, located on the 65-metre contour line. The UK would be split into an archipelago of hilltop islands, and the world's continental coastlines would be barely recognisable from today. The East Antarctic has an even more formidable line of defence than the West - a line of high mountains, the Transantarctic range. Seawater could of course never cross this mountain range, however hot it gets. But the East Antarctic sheet might be vulnerable via the back door, where it too is anchored below sea level.

By the time global temperatures are climbing towards four degrees, this meltdown process will be well under way. Greenland's ice sheet will be shrinking year on year into the centre of the landmass, spilling vast amounts of water into the rising seas. Dramatic changes, as described earlier in this chapter, will also be under way in Antarctica. The Atlantic circulation - if it survives current blips - will finally slow down and stop. (This would come too late to make Europe colder than it is now; it might just moderate some of the more extreme warming in places like the UK.

With global temperatures nearing three degrees, summer sea ice was reduced to a remnant patch at the pole and the far north of greenland. Now, with temperatures past the three-degree mark and moving towards four degrees, even the more conservative computer models predict that the sea ice disappears completely, and - for the first time in at least 3 million years - the summer North Pole sees nothing but open ocean. Even during the long dark nights of the polar winter, much of the ice fails to re-form.

PDR for Herbal Medicines, Fourth Edition Thomson Healthcare, Inc. See book keywords and concepts

Habitat: Coptis trifolia is indigenous to India and Coptis groenlandica, which is also used, is indigenous to greenland and Iceland. Production: Goldthread rhizome is the rhizome of Coptis trifolia. Other Names: Mouth Root, Cankerroot, Yellowroot, Coptis, Coptide, Coptis Groenlandica actions and pharmacology COMPOUNDS Isoquinoline alkaloids (6 to 9%): including coptin, berberine EFFECTS The herb is a bitter tonic. indications and usage Unproven Uses: Goldthread is used in digestive disorders.

Survival of the Sickest: A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease Dr. Sharon Moalem See book keywords and concepts

In 1989 the United States mounted an expedition to drill a core all the way to the bottom of the two-mile greenland ice sheet— representing 110,000 years of climate history. Just twenty miles away, a European team was conducting a similar study. Four years later, both teams got to the bottom—and the meaning of rapid was about to change again. The ice cores revealed that the Younger Dryas—the last ice age—ended in just three years. Ice age to no ice age—not in three thousand years, not in three hundred years, but in three plain years.

The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth About What You Should Eat and Why Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S. See book keywords and concepts

The original "energy bar" was a food called pemmican, which was developed by the Indians and other indigenous cultures like the Inuit in greenland. It's a high-energy food that can be transported easily and lasts for many months. Meat from buffalo —or occasionally moose and caribou—was dried, then pounded into a fine texture and mixed with animal fat and sometimes berries. This created a high-calorie, highly nutritious food for traveling. Since the meat was all wild game and by definition "pasture" fed, it was as healthy as the day is long. I eat pemmican as a snack all the time.

What makes matters worse is that those attempting to avoid responsibility can point to the fact that the stuff travels so effectively via wind and sea that even if they did clean up their act it might not make much difference unless every company on the planet followed suit—mercury and other toxic metals like cadmium and industrial pollutants like PCBs have been found as far away from their original industrial sources as the waters of the Arctic Ocean. In greenland, for goodness' sake, 16 percent of the population's blood mercury levels exceed the levels that could have toxic effects on people.

PDR for Herbal Medicines Joerg Gruenwald, Ph.D. See book keywords and concepts

Habitat: The plant grows in greenland, Canada and the U.S. The very similar variety L. palustre is more common in northern Europe and northern Asia. Production: Labrador herb is the aerial part of Ledum latifolium and L. palustre. Other Names: St. James's Tea, Marsh Tea, Wild Rosemary ACTION AND PHARMACOLOGY COMPOUNDS Volatile oil (0.9-2.6%): chief components sesquiterpenes, in particular ledol (ledum camphor, porst camphor) and palus-trol, Japanese sources also yield ascaridol Catechin tannins Flavonoids: including among others hyperoside Arbutin EFFECTS Internally mildly expectorant.

Habitat: The plant grows in the whole of the northern hemisphere from North America, greenland and Europe to the Mediterranean and Iceland; and Asia from the Caucasus and the Himalayas to Siberia. Production: Lady's Mantle herb consists of the fresh or dried above-ground parts of Alchemilla vulgaris gathered at flowering time, as well as its preparations. It is produced mostly through cultivation.

Habitat: Coptis trifolia is indigenous to India and Coptis groenlandica, which is also used, is indigenous to greenland and Iceland. Production: Goldthread rhizome is the rhizome of Coptis trifolia. Other Names: Mouth Root, Cankerroot, Yellowroot, Coptis, Coptide ACTIONS AND PHARMACOLOGY COMPOUNDS Isoquinoline alkaloids: including coptin, berberine EFFECTS The herb is a bitter tonic. INDICATIONS AND USAGE Goldthread is used in digestive disorders.

It grows in North America from greenland and Alaska to Texas. Production: Horsetail consists of the fresh or dried, green, sterile stems of Equisetum arvense. Not To Be Confused With: Other Equisetum species.

Introduced to greenland, South America, Australia, and New Zealand. Production: The rhizomes are collected after the fields are harrowed and are then cleaned, washed, and dried at approximately 35°C. Not To Be Confused With: The rhizomes of Cynodon dactylon, Poaceae and Carex species (a frequent occurrence).

The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S. See book keywords and concepts

If there was one supplement I could mandate for the entire population of the world—with the possible exception of those who live in greenland and eat salmon all day—it would unquestionably be omega-3s (or a related supplement called essential fatty acids). A Primer on Fats The terms describing fats—saturated, unsaturated, omega-3, omega-6, and the like—simply have to do with their molecular arrangements. Other fats have important functions in our bodies, including omega-6s, omega-9s, and even, believe it or not, saturated fats. The body needs them all for various purposes.

In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto Michael Pollan See book keywords and concepts

The hypothesis that omega-3 might protect against heart disease was inspired by studies of greenland Eskimos, in whom omega-3 consumption is high and heart disease rare. Eskimos eating their traditional marine-based diet also don't seem to get diabetes, and some researchers believe it is the omega-3s that protect them. Adding omega-3 s to the diet of rats has been shown to protect them against insulin resistance. (The same effect has not been duplicated in humans, however.) The theory is that omega-3s increase the permeability of the cell's membranes and its rate of metabolism.

Survival of the Sickest: A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease Dr. Sharon Moalem See book keywords and concepts

In the early 1970s, climatologists discovered that some of the best records of historic weather patterns were filed away in the glaciers and ice plateaus of northern greenland. It was hard, treacherous work—if you're imagining the stereotypical lab rat in a white coat, think again. This was Extreme Sports: Ph.D.—multinational teams trekking across miles of ice, climbing thousands of feet, hauling tons of machines, and enduring altitude sickness and freakish cold, all so they could bore into a two-mile core of ice.

Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey See book keywords and concepts

Lipoprotein profile of a greenland Inuit population. Influence of anthropometric variables, Apo E and A4 polymorphism, and lifestyle. Arterioscler. Thromb. 12, 1371-1379. 67. von Eckardstein, A., Funke, H., Schulte, M., Erren, M., Schulte, H., and Assmann, G. (1992). Nonsynonymous polymorphic sites in the apolipoprotein (apo) A-IV gene are associated with changes in the concentration of apo B- and apo A-I-containing lipoproteins in a normal population. Am. J. Hum. Genet. 50, 1115-1128. 68. Kaprio, J., Ferrell, R. E., Kottke, B. A., Kamboh, M. I., and Sing, C. F. (1991).

PDR for Herbal Medicines, Fourth Edition Thomson Healthcare, Inc. See book keywords and concepts

Habitat: The plant grows in greenland, Canada and the U.S. The very similar variety L. palustre is more common in northern Europe and northern Asia. Production: Labrador herb is the aerial part of Ledum latifolium and L. palustre. Other Names: St. James's Tea, Marsh Tea, Wild Rosemary actions and pharmacology COMPOUNDS Volatile oil (0.9-2.

Safe Trip to Eden: Ten Steps to Save Planet Earth from the Global Warming Meltdown David Steinman See book keywords and concepts

The massive glacial ice fields of greenland are already melting, says the report. How much worse can it get? Melting along the Himalayan glaciers would accelerate, disrupting water supplies for more than 40 percent of the Earth's population, causing billions of desperate refugees to seek drinking water. Mass migrations would heighten nuclear tensions. Floating ice in the northern polar seas, which had already lost 40 percent of its mass from 1970 to 2003, would be mostly gone during summer.

Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey See book keywords and concepts

Fatty acid composition of the plasma lipids in greenland Eskimos. Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 28, 958-966. 101. Richter, S., Duray, G., Gronefeld, G., et al. (2005). Prevention of sudden cardiac death: Lessons from recent controlled trials. Circ. J. 69, 625-629. 102. Mozaffarian, D., and Rimm, E. B. (2006). Fish intake, contaminants, and human health: Evaluating the risks and the benefits. JAMA 296, 1885-1899. 103. Siscovick, D. S., Lemaitre, R. N., and Mozaffarian, D. (2003).

Greenland, P., Knoll, M. D., Stamler, J, et al. (2003). Major risk factors as antecedents of fatal and nonfatal coronary heart disease events. JAMA 290, 891-897. 5. Knot, U. N., Khot, M. B., Bajzer, C. T., et al. (2003). Prevalence of conventional risk factors in patients with coronary heart disease. JAMA 290, 898-904. 6. Castelli, W. P. (1996). Lipids, risk factors and ischaemic heart disease. Atherosclerosis 124, S1-S9. 7. Page, I. H., Stare, F. J., Corcoran, A. C, Pollack, H., and Wilkinson, C. F. Jr, (1957). Atherosclerosis and the fat content of the diet. JAMA 164, 2048-2051. 8.

Goldbourt, U., and greenland, P. (2004). Fish consumption and incidence of stroke: a meta-analysis of cohort studies. Stroke 35, 1538-1542. 231. de Lorgeril, M., Salen, P., Martin, J. L., Monjaud, I., Delaye, J., and Mamelle, N. (1999). Mediterranean diet, traditional risk factors, and the rate of cardiovascular complications after myocardial infarction: final report of the Lyon Diet Heart Study. Circulation 99, 779-785. 232. Bucher, H. C, Hengstler, P., Schindler, C, and Meier, G. (2002).

Greenland Eskimos and prevalent in a Danish population. These scientists attributed this difference in the incidence of CHD to the high intake of marine oils by the Eskimos and, in particular, EPA and DHA. During the past 30 years numerous studies have demonstrated that these fatty acids may confer cardioprotective effects via multiple mechanisms of action. As shown in Figure 7, the effects of EPA and DHA on clinical outcomes (e.g., antiarrhythmic, TG-lowering, BP-lowering) occur in a time-dependent manner.

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