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Welcome to 2010, the beginning of the New Ice Age. With all the talk about Global Warming, its hard to believe that the next Ice
Age started eleven days ago or thereabouts. I know you’ve all been distracted by Al Gore, Nobel Loriet and all, but it turns out it
wasn’t the Carbon Dioxide after all.
Looking over the “Ice Age” chart, that he is so fond of, shows an interesting fact – every Ice Age has a period or definite length
about 100,000 years. The only thing we may have done over the past 100 years is moved the beginning a few decades.
I know that it’s pretty easy to see the cycle of colder and warmer temperatures on the charts, but what caused the Earth to
periodically get warmer then start to cool off?
Let’s start where we are now. The Earth is warming up, which means the poles are warming up. As they warm up there is more
moisture in the air over the poles. The increased moisture makes the cold air over the poles denser. Dense cold air can push
warmer air around better than less dense air, which is why the cold polar air is pushing further south than it has in recent history
- making say, North America colder than usual.
Another thing moist air does is spawn clouds, which block sunlight from reaching the ground and keeping the Earth warm. Thus,
you can see how the cooling cycle starts and our Ice Age begins.
Let’s say, you believe the scenario I’ve laid out and can see how the Earth could just keep getting a bit colder every day for
50,000 years. So you ask, what would warm it up?
As the Earth is cooled, it begins to condense – remember that old Physics experiment with the brass ring and sphere. When the
sphere was hot it would not pass through the ring (because the sphere expanded), but as it cooled it became more dense and
smaller; finally passing through the ring easily.
Something else you should remember from physics, when you compress matter it becomes warmer. All you need to do to prove
that is pound on a nail lying on something hard (like cement) with a hammer a couple of times then try to pick it up – ouch!
As the Earth cools it condenses. Another thing that happens is that miles of ice begin to pileup on the surface of continents.
This compresses the land masses ever farther.
Interestingly, the pressure over the sea floor becomes less, as more water turns into snow and rains down on the tops of
glaciers around the world. You’ve probably all seen the lava squeezing out between the tectonic plates where they rub together
(Black Smokers, under water volcanoes, etc.)
As the internal pressure in the core of the Earth increases and the depth of the oceans decrease, the molten core of the Earth
has to go someplace and volcanoes begin erupting. The erupting volcanoes warm the air slightly, but not enough to melt all the
ice. It’s the ash that is responsible for the real warming.
Dropping on the ice it captures sunlight. Gradually, the combination of volcanic activity and the absorption of more of the Sun’s
energy begin warming the Earth for about 50,000 years – then the whole thing starts over again.
I like my theory much better than Al Gore’s and I could certainly use the money more than him. So if someone asks you about
Global Warming remember me. THANKS!
Age started eleven days ago or thereabouts. I know you’ve all been distracted by Al Gore, Nobel Loriet and all, but it turns out it
wasn’t the Carbon Dioxide after all.
Looking over the “Ice Age” chart, that he is so fond of, shows an interesting fact – every Ice Age has a period or definite length
about 100,000 years. The only thing we may have done over the past 100 years is moved the beginning a few decades.
I know that it’s pretty easy to see the cycle of colder and warmer temperatures on the charts, but what caused the Earth to
periodically get warmer then start to cool off?
Let’s start where we are now. The Earth is warming up, which means the poles are warming up. As they warm up there is more
moisture in the air over the poles. The increased moisture makes the cold air over the poles denser. Dense cold air can push
warmer air around better than less dense air, which is why the cold polar air is pushing further south than it has in recent history
- making say, North America colder than usual.
Another thing moist air does is spawn clouds, which block sunlight from reaching the ground and keeping the Earth warm. Thus,
you can see how the cooling cycle starts and our Ice Age begins.
Let’s say, you believe the scenario I’ve laid out and can see how the Earth could just keep getting a bit colder every day for
50,000 years. So you ask, what would warm it up?
As the Earth is cooled, it begins to condense – remember that old Physics experiment with the brass ring and sphere. When the
sphere was hot it would not pass through the ring (because the sphere expanded), but as it cooled it became more dense and
smaller; finally passing through the ring easily.
Something else you should remember from physics, when you compress matter it becomes warmer. All you need to do to prove
that is pound on a nail lying on something hard (like cement) with a hammer a couple of times then try to pick it up – ouch!
As the Earth cools it condenses. Another thing that happens is that miles of ice begin to pileup on the surface of continents.
This compresses the land masses ever farther.
Interestingly, the pressure over the sea floor becomes less, as more water turns into snow and rains down on the tops of
glaciers around the world. You’ve probably all seen the lava squeezing out between the tectonic plates where they rub together
(Black Smokers, under water volcanoes, etc.)
As the internal pressure in the core of the Earth increases and the depth of the oceans decrease, the molten core of the Earth
has to go someplace and volcanoes begin erupting. The erupting volcanoes warm the air slightly, but not enough to melt all the
ice. It’s the ash that is responsible for the real warming.
Dropping on the ice it captures sunlight. Gradually, the combination of volcanic activity and the absorption of more of the Sun’s
energy begin warming the Earth for about 50,000 years – then the whole thing starts over again.
I like my theory much better than Al Gore’s and I could certainly use the money more than him. So if someone asks you about
Global Warming remember me. THANKS!
| Global Warming by James Schaefer |