No no no! It was forest fires that man caused to emit copious amount of CO2.
Donald Patten proposes a completely different theory as to the cause of the ice age, one that involves a catastrophe of global proportions. Although his idea seems to be as much theologically driven as scientific, he puts forth a well researched and plausible explanation of the affects a comet “near miss” would have on earth’s climate. He also discusses motives and beliefs, almost a creationist’s rebuttal to geologic uniformitarianism, and provides a history of scientists and writers espousing a catastrophic approach to earth geology.
The phenomenon that provides Patten and others with some punch to their proposition is the bizarre evidence of the frozen mammoths, which is still a mystery today.
Although mammoths are not the sole animals that have been found frozen (rhinoceros, sheep, horses, oxen, lions, tigers, and bison have also been found), as an extinct species, they have been at the forefront of scientific research. Their remains, sometimes whole, have been found in Siberia and Alaska
by the tens of thousands and have provided the world with an ongoing supply of ivory.
Russia has a long tradition in providing ivory from Siberian islands for the past 2,000 years. Between 1880 and 1900, nearly 20,000 tusks were taken from a single island.
It is estimated that there may be up to 3 million mammoths still buried in Siberia.
And we thought cow farts were a problem Think about 3 million mammoth farts! Could have changed the orbit of the planet.
According to a
National Geographic article, experts estimate that there are 600,000 tons of ivory still available for recovery. A sudden calamity, such as an asteroid impact or comet near miss, fares well in explaining the death of millions of animals. Its precedent is seen in the greatest extinction of all at the end of the Cretaceous Period, when a giant asteroid impact resulted in the extinction of dinosaurs.
Patten also explains, in his comet near-miss theory,
the formation of mountain ranges and why they are distributed in an arc across the continents. When this icy visitor came too close to Earth, it became trapped in orbit for a period of nine months, circling as another moon. On two occasions when it came quite close, its gravitational pull exerted extreme force, not only on the oceans, which created giant tidal waves, but also on the earth’s molten core. Magma in the core reacted in much the same way as the oceans do to a gravitation force. As a result with each close pass of the comet, a wave of molten rock was pulled upward forcing the earth’s crust upward.
As this comet danced in Earth’s orbit, ice that had broken away from its mass was deposited in vast quantities through
electromagnetic defection. According to Patten’s theory, six million cubic miles of ice was dumped on the northern and southern hemispheres each; ice that’s temperature was –150o. At the center nodes, the ice would have been three miles thick and feathering out at the edges.
The ice appeared suddenly, not over a long period of time. Only this, according to the theory, accounts for the sudden freezing of millions of animals.
He also argues that the shape of the ice sheets fits the comet near miss theory. The continent-sized glaciers of the ice age were thickest at the center. From today’s climate in Antarctica, we know that very little snow falls at the center of the continent due to the cold dry air’s inability to retain moisture. It is a desert wasteland of rock and gravel.
On the edges, however, there is substantial snowfall because of the convergence of warm, moist air with cold air. If snow were to be the primary factor in creating the ice of the ice age, then its accumulation would be thickest at the periphery and not the center.
One of the most intriguing human elements of
Charles Hapgood’s wandering pole theory is that
Albert Einstein believed researching the subject was desirable and that it “would not be justified to discard the idea a priori as adventurous.” Einstein’s letter to Charles Hapgood, dated November 24, 1952 is published in his book
Path of the Pole.
I frequently receive communications from people who wish to consult me concerning their unpublished ideas. It goes without saying that these ideas are very seldom possessed of scientific validity. The very first communication, however, that I received from Mr. Hapgood electrified me. His idea is original, of great simplicity, and – if it continues to prove itself – of great importance to everything that is related to the history of the earth’s surface.
–Albert Einstein
Hapgood’s theory began with an interest in geography and ancient maps, which led to his re-discovery of
the Piri Reis Map,
a hand drawn Turkish naval map that had been gathering dust since the 16th century. According to its sources, the map was drawn a few years after Columbus launched his first voyage to the Americas. Admiral
Piri Reis, cartographer of the map, noted that his world map was derived from very old reference maps. Upon close inspection, Hapgood
noticed evidence of spherical trigonometry in the map’s layout and a detailed knowledge of global geography
that included the coastline of Antarctica at some remote time when it was free of ice. The map was accurate at a time when no one should have known the coastal areas of Antarctica. This prompted Hapgood to search for an explanation that eventually led to his controversial theory.
http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/ciencia/ciencia_iceage.htm
No, no,
The world was flat, Columbus knew that.
What do you mean thousands of animals instantly died? it just snowed for months
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