Comments on: Potholer Does The Medieval Warm Period https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/07/28/potholer-does-the-medieval-warm-period/ Sun, 29 Jul 2012 15:05:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: Alan https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/07/28/potholer-does-the-medieval-warm-period/#comment-494043 Sun, 29 Jul 2012 15:05:31 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=12990#comment-494043 Opps, I meant Peter Hadfield. o_0

]]> By: Alan https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/07/28/potholer-does-the-medieval-warm-period/#comment-494042 Sun, 29 Jul 2012 15:03:26 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=12990#comment-494042 For those of you who haven’t seen one before, Peter Sinclair is what an investigative journalist looks like. His “climate crock of the week” series on youtube is an outstanding example of genuine skepticisim.

]]> By: Amoeba https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/07/28/potholer-does-the-medieval-warm-period/#comment-494041 Sat, 28 Jul 2012 23:15:46 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=12990#comment-494041 Teredo distribution map
http://www.marlin.ac.uk/specieshabitats.php?speciesID=4447

Native range: China, Faeoe Islands, Iceland, Japan, Korea Republic, Norway, Taiwan
https://secure.fera.defra.gov.uk/nonnativespecies/factsheet/factsheet.cfm?speciesId=3502

Google Scholar turns up a number of hits for Viking and Teredo, but the ones I looked at were hidden behind a paywall so that was that.
Apparently there aren’t any Teredo in the Baltic.

]]> By: anthrosciguy https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/07/28/potholer-does-the-medieval-warm-period/#comment-494040 Sat, 28 Jul 2012 22:49:05 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=12990#comment-494040 In a quick internet search I only found a mention of Viking ships infested with shipworms after a trip from Vinland to Greenland. This suggests either that these shipworms did alright enough in cold similar to that found around the UK, or a misdiagnosis, or???.

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/07/28/potholer-does-the-medieval-warm-period/#comment-494039 Sat, 28 Jul 2012 20:45:18 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=12990#comment-494039 Or, given the way Viking stories go, the “UK” could have been “Italy” or something.

]]> By: sailor https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/07/28/potholer-does-the-medieval-warm-period/#comment-494038 Sat, 28 Jul 2012 20:40:50 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=12990#comment-494038 There are stories of viking ships getting damaged by marine borers in UK waters. When I left the UK in the 70’s the only place the water in the UK was warm enough for this to be a problem was near the outlets of atomic power plants. The water might have warmer back in Viking days, or the stories might be innaccurate.

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