Famous Paintings Help Study the Earth's Past Atmosphere 126
A user writes "From European Geosciences Union: 'A team of Greek and German researchers has shown that the colours of sunsets painted by famous artists can be used to estimate pollution levels in the Earth's past atmosphere. In particular, the paintings reveal that ash and gas released during major volcanic eruptions scatter the different colours of sunlight, making sunsets appear more red.' The original paper can be found here. In the last 150 years, the sunsets have become redder, likely reflecting increased man-made pollution."
artistic licence... (Score:5, Insightful)
Enough with the Climate Change Articles Slashdot (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:Clutching at straws (Score:0, Insightful)
Re:Not just Man-made... (Score:2, Insightful)
wow (Score:5, Insightful)
When I read the title I thought to my self "That's a clever way to word something, so people will be outraged, read the article and then find that it's really about them sampling paint and finding pollutants there." But no, it was as ridiculous as the title suggested. Can we revoke their science card?
Re:Clutching at straws (Score:3, Insightful)
Or just their fucking imagination, geesh what mental gyrations "scientists" and the holy believers will go through to "support" their religion.
Re:artistic licence... (Score:5, Insightful)
And because we know artists from past centuries had access to exactly the same paints and color ranges that we do today...