That's right dear readers. Labrador was warmer in the past then it is present day. Before human caused "global warming" and "climate emergency" spin. Labrador was warmer. Wonder if that was why the vikings settled in Labrador oh so long ago..For those who may not know.. Labrador has Polar Bears, because, it's colder. There are no Polar bears where I live because it's warmer. Except for when it was under miles thick of ice. Then it was colder. Because climate changes- Which will be the subject another post. For now we'll stick with Labrador.Labrador does warm up in the summer for all the usual reasons the northern hemisphere warms in the summer. Labrador is very scenic and beautifulFor this report we're focusing on the fact that Labrador fossils hint at warmer weather in region's past
"Fossils found at an abandoned mine in Labrador have helped confirm that Eastern Canada had a much warmer climate when dinosaurs roamed the earth.They went to the site because back in the 1950s fossilized leaves and insects found there led paleontologists to speculate that the area had once been much warmer. Now, using a tool called the Climate Leaf Analysis Multivariate Program, they were able to give the first published quantitative estimate of the region’s climate during the Cretaceous period.
The lead author of the paper produced by the team, National Geographic Explorer and McGill grad student Alexandre Demers-Potvin, said the mean temperature in the area would have been around 15 degrees Celsius, with high humidity and hot summers.
“We were able to put numbers on what had been estimated before,” he said. “By quantifying the temperature and precipitation and all sorts of measurements for this site its now easier to compare it with sites around the world with a similar climate.”Demers-Potvin said the area was suggested to him by Professor Hans Larsson, Vertebrate paleontologist and director of the Redpath Museum at McGill University, who is now his graduate studies advisor.“I had no idea that we had fossils from the age of the dinosaurs that close to home,” he said in a phone interview with the Labrador Voice. “When I looked at what was already known of this site, it wasn’t much.”He said there had been very little written about the site and approximately 40 insect fossils had been found there in the past, with only five species identified.“They had been pretty much forgotten by the world, except by people who worked in the mines or who work in paleontology in the area,” he said “When this site was found in 1957 people would find broadleaf tree leaves in there, and at another site nearby people would find almost complete tree trunks standing up, almost a meter in diameter.”
Broadleaf trees with meter wide trunks are generally NOT found in Labrador. Because it's cold.
"Broadleaf trees are collectively referred to as hardwoods and botanists classify them as angiosperms"
There are many types of Broadleaf trees where I live.Trees presently found in Labrador would be consistent with those found in Polar regions- They would be Conifers. Soft Wood. Usually Pines and the like.The presence of fossilized broadleaf tree leaves would indicate Labrador had been warmer in it's past then it is present time. Contrary to all the present day spin.