Posted on 05/23/2018 11:12:27 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Movements of the earth's crust may mean that global warming driven by greenhouse gases from power stations and vehicle exhausts isn't the only threat to life the world faces.
About 700 million years ago, global temperatures fell so low that glaciers may have reached the equator. Snowball Earth may have all but extinguished life on the planet. But the only life at the time was microbial and dispersed in the oceans.
The planet survived: volcanic eruptions may have darkened the ice and pumped more carbon dioxide and steam into the atmosphere, and the world warmed again.
But, say two Texan scientists, the frozen plane in what geologists call the Neoproterozoic era may have been precipitated at the start by the first dramatic movements in the earth's crust or lithosphere, known as plate tectonics. That is, shifts in climate and shifts in the earth's crust could be linked.
Research like this is tentative: the authors offer a hypothesis to be challenged, rather than a theory to be confirmed. But research like this is fundamental: to understand the subtleties of the present climate, now inexorably being altered by human action, it is necessary to understand change in the past as well, and to establish the principles that control the planet's overall climate history.
(Excerpt) Read more at ecowatch.com ...
Is it? Is it well understood? Note that the first couple of posters didnt understand the article.
A couple of years ago all discussions of crustal displacement were "loony tin-foil hat" theories on this forum.
Im wishing nothing but the best for these two Texas "loonies" in their research.
“Assuming the models of “greenhouse gases...”
I’ve got their models right here.
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EARTH TO COOL DOWN WARNS GEO SCIENTIST
Scientific reports from Canada and Greenland has indicated that the the shrinking arctic ice sheets have begun to replace themselves rapidly. Strongly suggesting the earth instead of warming, is beginning to cool down. It is still not known (or proven) if this is the result because of the reduced rate of sun spot activity.
Canadian geo scientist Professor R. Timothy Patterson of Carelton University is urging a go-slow on the rush for governments to “Play God” with global warming legislative blaming this on CO2 (carbon dioxide) discharges. Legislating corrections attempting to control a natural cyclic occurrence caused by; sun spots, the magnetic solar wind, and cyclic earth magnetic polarity reversal, among other natural occurrences including volcanism, meteors etc. Probably plays a very significant role in climate change. Yet ignorantly blaming man made CO2 emissions for climatic change. which is becoming a rapidly discredited and minuscule cause of global warming in his article published by Canada’s Financial Post. 6/20/07
Patterson was selected by the Canadian government to study the fluctuations in certain types of fish populations.
While doing so the Canadian Geo-Scientist found a correlation when certain species of fish had high population and then drastic drop offs. He discovered these fluctuations corresponded with sun spot activity and solar radiation vs cosmic activity. When earth cooling occurred.
Studying deep fjords along the Western Canadian coast where deep pools of low oxidation water exist. The Patterson study reached deep into the earths recent past of 4000 years of undisturbed sediments. Patterson found that when aquatic activity was highest and lowest in those collected sediments having high aquatic content had matched known solar protection when the magnetic wind was highest, and dropped off when earth magnetic fields activities were lowest.Thus causing cosmic radiation to intensify.
Then because the earth became unprotected by its magnetic fields from galactic cosmic activity. Patterson cites several accepted theories which concludes this then created cloud activity during such periods which increased drastically. Thus cooling earth and bringing in its ice ages.
In his presentation here is a professor urging more scientific study (like Pope Benedict)is needed. That politicians including Al Gore, of The Earth Is Flat Society, don’t know what the hell they’re talking about. Strongly suggesting that the global warming may be caused by exhaling politicos rather than serious scientific examination.
Patterson seems to be saying before Canadians start investing in palm trees they should be considering better parkas because what goes up must come down and the Mexicans better move over for a reverse population flow. The story was featured in The Drudge Report, and World Net Daily, which were linked in The US Mat’s last page. But lost due to source link changes . http://www.theusmat.com/index.htm
The Petrified Forest in AZ, and the whole land mass around it,was located near the equator and was a river delta 225 million years ago. In that time since it has moved thousands of miles north and a mile up in elevation.
Australia is the current speed champ, moving more then 2-1/2 inches north and clockwise every year.
Wow...is there anything that can’t be blamed on global winter...er, global warming...er, climate chaos...er, climate change?
Me likey.
CO2 causes continental drift?
These people have totally lost their minds.
Those who have studied plate tectonics know these "new" ideas have been around since not long after 1958 when the discovery of volcanic mid-oceanic ridges finally proved how the plates move. It's bloody obvious that plate movement has an enormous effect on ocean currents, volcanic activity, mountain-building (subduction) and other phenomena directly related to climate.
Consider that the Arctic plate, previously tropical, is now perched in an ice-locked latitude. It has a major impact on ocean currents and is considered by experts to be largely responsible for recurrent ice ages. Eventually it will move and the climate will change dramatically. But it's only one of many, many factors -- terrestrial and astronomical -- that affect Earth's climate.
The only thing in the article that's worth consideration IMO is their claim to have determined an approximate time for the beginning of plate tectonic activity. I'd like to study their evidence.
Im looking forward to finding out what they discover also.
#3 Stop braking fast.
YOU are causing the plates to move by that hard braking!! : )
Like a rug moving when you step on it.
Not to mention I’m pulling a Rockwell 25’ trailer :o)
Moron scientists who “received” their degrees in a box of Cracker Jack.
If only you hadn’t bought that last SUV, Kilauea wouldn’t be erupting.
There is something to the shape of continents affecting ocean water circulation — which affects weather patterns.
But those ‘shapes of continents’ really only change by mere millimeters per year.
Free Speech is ALWAYS ‘in Trouble’ when leftist have any power in the World.
Damaged brains vote Democrat ...
Of course the leftards want to propagate drugs amongst their potential/actual constituents.
The democrats are facing some of the largest reverses in history soon because of the TREASON TWINS hillary and obamas being exposed as criminals of the first order.
Then there's When the Sky Fell: In Search of Atlantis (not as kooky as most of them are).
Dude. I had it shipped from Kyoto to counterbalance the corialisis forces.
Seems to be a huge flood of climate change crap out there - coordinated effort underway....
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