Why Global Warming Might be Good Global warming could save thousands of human lives. According to that group, severe storms are more closely associated with cold weather than warm weather. The most severe storms in the North Sea occurred during the 15th and 16th centuries, after the onset of the Little Ice Age. Storms in 1421 and 1446 claimed 100,000 lives while a storm in 1570 claimed over 400,000.
Agriculture flourishes during global warming.
Between the 10th and 12th centuries, when the temperature of the planet was roughly 0.5 degrees Celsius warmer than it is today, agriculture in North America and Europe flourished. During this period, southern Greenland was free of ice, allowing cultivation by Norse settlers. A project sponsored by the National Science Foundation found evidence that a Little Ice Age began in Greenland between 1400 and 1420, blanketing the Vikings' farms in ice and forcing them to leave Greenland. Prior to the onset of this Little Ice Age, temperatures were comparable to those forecast by the United Nations' sponsored Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for 2030-2050. Global warming could aid in water conservation.