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12-17-2013, 02:48 PM
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Gruesome Spectre
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Middle-earth: "Weather" or Not?
I ran across this fascinating simulation from Bristol University showing the ME climate from a scientific perspective. For a duel Tolkien/weather geek, what more could you ask for?
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12-18-2013, 03:35 PM
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A Voice That Gainsayeth
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Cool. (Or, sometimes warm
) Karen Wynn Fonstad's Atlas of Middle-Earth, a much older piece of scientific work than that, also features some pretty good (even though not as flashy, but in the good old-fashioned paper form) "research" in regards to Middle-Earth's climate and such. Among other things, of course.
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12-18-2013, 08:48 PM
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Gruesome Spectre
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I have Fonstad's Atlas and you're right indeed. She delves into the climate questions readily enough.
Her main focus was geography though, so other analyses of the weather issues are welcome.
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