Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-03-15
ANOTHER GLACIAL PERIOD.
Gcoiogists r,,ink tho World May no Fro
zen UP Again.

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The question IL again hoing discussed
whether recent and long continued obsor
yations do not point 10 the advent Of u
second glacial period, whom the countries
now baskinR m tho fostering warmth Of n
tropical sun viii ultimately give way to
the perennial frost and snow OF tho polar
regions. Tho researches Of geologsta have
proved the existence IN Greenland and
other arctic lands Of fossil palms and 9th
or tropical plants, which show that these
regions wore onoo covered with a rich yce.
citation, which only equatorial ollmes can
now produce
Then came tho great leo ngc which
buried this vegetation beneath tho mantle
OF cold which sim prevails at the polarex-
tramitlcs OF tho earth. Is this kingdom
Of leo aud snow Again extending Its way
toward tho oquators From the arctic cir.
clos we hnyo no data which supply mn an
swor 10 tho question, but II ~ asserted that
tho climate OF Norway, Sweden and leo
land Is annually becoming MORO severe
Great mnssce OF Ice arc frequently observed
by nnvigators In far morn southorly rAsi-
tlon during tho summer months In the
Atlantic than was tho ease TOW years
ago, and tho effect OF these icohergs Is TO
materially reduce tho temperature OF
Scandinavia and Iceland Tho latter is
land In lato years has boon suffering so SO.
yeroly that corn no longer ripons there
and tho Inhabitants, IN four OF approach.
ing famine and n still colder climate, are
omlgratlng TO North America,
Tho influence OF tho gulf stream on tho
climate Of Norway, which hns not been
loss marked than lts effects ON the coasts
OF ireland and Scotland, is bOinR eilncod
by tho Intensity Of tho cold brought by
tho masses OF leo which Il Is for tho gulf
stream 20 carry toward tho eastern aido Of
tho north Atlantic, This extraordinary
cold appears, however, 20 DO rather u
periodical occurrence than Of gradually
and annually Increasing III intensity,
and tho existence OF lnrgor quantities. OF
leo than usual In the Atlantic rathor points
TO warmer weather In tho polar regions
thnn TO mn unusual intonaity and cSicn-
sion Of tho region Vt tho polar cold Tho
annals Of history show that from timo TO
tlme since tho advent Of man into tho
world remarkable rigid winters and torrld
summers have upset the calculations of
learned Reologlsts and RULED the equa.
nlmity OF tho Inhabitants Of tho temper
alto zones. Several times tho frost king
has boon known to como down from tho
holghts OF Europe aud seal the waters OF
tho Adriatlc,
In $50 and 1894 tho leo formed SECURE
bridge from Venice 10 tho opposite nal.
NATHAN oonst, and In 1900 the Adrlntic
was completely covered with Ice. All tho
rlyora In France were frozen IN the years
1905 and 1894, tho Ice on the river Rhono
hoing In some places 10 feet thick. Tho
winter OF 1880 was rigorous throughout
Europe Tho Atlantic froso along Its
coast TO distance OF several leagues and
vessels were unable to approach witt. II
somu miles OF Ostend, In Belgium, u port
| that ordinarily Ia open throughout the
| yoar Tho winter Of lsio.iD is mornora.
| bio for It's extreme degree OF cold. Snow
fell In Now England In every month of
| tho year In 1910, and the weather was 50
uniformly chilly that ecanty crops Of every
sort were harvested. on the 10Th OF May,
1884, SNOW fell to tho depth OF u foot.
In tho winter OF lshl'9 tho Suaquehnnnn
river at iInyre do Grnoe Md, was frozen
30 hard that trains Of tho Philadelphia,
Wilmington and Baltimore railroad ran
over II, Tho largo forryboat which carried
the cars across tho riyor failed to keep Tho
channel open, and tluro being no bridge
at that timo tho trnok for tho railroad cars
was laid on tho leo proclaely ct IL was on
land with Shoppers, orosstios md Iron rails,
and the cara were run ooross. New York
Times