Interesting how these two maps correlate, isn’t it?  Even in areas where the drought is having dire impacts, people are skeptical of climate change.   Frankly, it’s starting to look a lot like the Medieval Warm Period to us.  Is all of this caused by human beings?  Doubtful.  In our opinions.  Though 7 billion humans are certainly contributing to the problem.  Climatic episodes like this tend to last for an average of around 500 years.  

Here’s a list of climatic episodes we find documented in the archaeology record over the past 1,800 years.

AD 200-400  warm

AD 400-800 cold

AD 900-1200 warm

AD 1300-1850 cold:  Little Ice Age

AD 1850- ? Maybe around AD 2300    warm

For those interested in reading more about this subject, we recommend:

THE GREAT WARMING, by Brian Fagan

THE LITTLE ICE AGE, by Brian Fagan

CLIMATE AND CULTURE CHANGE IN NORTH AMERICA AD 900-1600, by William C. Foster