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International News Title: Earth Has A ‘Natural Thermostat’ To Regulate Climate During Extreme Temperature Swings A recent study found proof for the first time ever that the Earth employs a natural “thermostat” to regulate the climate during periods of extreme temperature swings.
PARIS — The possibility of controlling the Earth’s temperature has long led to various experiments by inquisitive scientists, but without great results. Now a recent study found proof for the first time ever of a natural thermostat that helps regulate the planet during extreme temperature swings. British scientists say they’ve discovered that the preeminent mechanism that allows the Earth to recover from global cooling events is linked to the weathering of rocks. Rocks dissolve by rain and river water during the weathering process, and carbon dioxide is taken from the atmosphere to carbon-rich rocks in nearby waterways. When weathering runs its course, there’s a decrease in carbon dioxide on our planet. Earth
The researchers examined rocks from about 445 million years ago, which matches out to the second largest extinction period in the planet’s history. Using samples from Canada and Scotland, the rocks showed that the global chemical weathering rate declined, which meant less carbon dioxide was removed and the climate was able to recover from the cool temperature. “From looking at the relative abundance of lithium isotopes in ocean-derived rocks, we were able to confirm that chemical weathering is the driver of the Earth’s natural thermostat,” explains lead scientist, Dr. Philip Pogge von Strandmann, in a news release. “When there is a warmer climate, there is more weathering, and when it is cooler there is less weathering: this is what you would expect, given that chemical reactions go faster with increasing temperature.”
The researchers had discovered evidence in earlier studies that showed weathering played a significant part in the Earth cooling down during periods of extreme heat, but the latest study proved just the opposite — when the planet experiences major cold spells, weathering slows and the “natural thermostat” allows the world to warm back up. “This is the process that has allowed life to survive on Earth for around 4 billion years,” says Pogge von Strandman. This study’s findings were published in the June 2017 edition of the peer-reviewed journal Geochemical Perspectives Letters. Poster Comment: Stupid NWO phony scientists and utter fools like Heinz-Kerry and Insane Obama are just leftist shills for the New World Order! Half of the Americans who have brains, but are deplorables, know full well that the junk science known as 'Global Warming' and 'Climate Change' is as bogus as Obozo's IQ. I can just hear the "Global Warming" nuts now. "Man is destroying the earth's Natural Thermostat". Bill Nye and Al Gore will both claim that they predicted it. In fact, Al Gore will take credit for inventing it! Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest Obviously there would be no life on earth if there were not multiple "thermostats" that help keep the atmosphere and climate within the range needed for life. I think the oceans obviously have some major role in regulating climate. For all the global hotting hysteria that we hear, quite obviously Earth survived and even thrived in past periods when temperature was considerably higher than it is now. It survived major volcanic outbursts, major strikes by meteors, and it has recovered from many ice ages. I still think we are in far more danger of an ice age than of any of the dire predictions of doom from global hotting.
#2. To: Tooconservative (#1) It is all down to Antarctica, it is the engine that drives world climate. The northern hemisphere full of people destroys the climate, and the great south land where there are no people, regulates it and fixes it. This why all their predictions are way off
#3. To: paraclete (#2) It is all down to Antarctica, it is the engine that drives world climate. Not to be too contrarian but it is this thing called the sun that is the engine of world climate and life on earth. Otherwise, earth is a frozen ball probably without any atmosphere. Solar activity like sunspots (or the lack of them) still has the greatest impact on climate.
#4. To: Tooconservative (#1) At 10:55 AM, 1/3/2018, it's snowing in Tallahassee. Liberals are like Slinkys. They're good for nothing, but somehow they bring a smile to your face as you shove them down the stairs. #5. To: IbJensen (#4) way I hear it Kim has invented a weather bomb and he is testing it on you
#6. To: paraclete (#5) Nothing is surprising these days. Liberals are like Slinkys. They're good for nothing, but somehow they bring a smile to your face as you shove them down the stairs. Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest |
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