Over 10,000 killed, 900 students buried as powerful quake hits China

[MTAFFI]

Re: Over 8,500 killed, 900 students buried as powerful quake hits China

That's very true MTAFFI, and I have no intention of denying that. I'm just saying we've added another cycle, so we have the natural one and our own to contend with. As if the natural one wasn't bad enough?

The Ninth Scribe

At the rate we are going today, we will cycle ourselves out... i dont think we have to worry about the earth doing it for us :-[ I agree with you though, that is what I meant by "leaving a footprint"

 

[Ninth_Scribe]

Re: Over 8,500 killed, 900 students buried as powerful quake hits China

At the rate we are going today, we will cycle ourselves out... i dont think we have to worry about the earth doing it for us :-[ I agree with you though, that is what I meant by "leaving a footprint"

I know, I feel the same way. But then again, there are some stories that are encouraging. Maybe this species will do better?

But seeing Kamunyak for the first time is nothing short of witnessing a miracle. Appearing out of nowhere, the lion and the lamb curl up side by side. Fascinated, Saba follows them for days. She’s not alone in her astonishment, gawping gazelles bark out their alarm, not quite believing their eyes.

http://www.lewa.org/oryx-lioness.php

The Ninth Scribe

 

[MTAFFI]

Re: Over 8,500 killed, 900 students buried as powerful quake hits China

I know, I feel the same way. But then again, there are some stories that are encouraging. Maybe this species will do better?



The Ninth Scribe

That is a pretty wild story... hope that lion finds its way back to a pack

 

[Fishman]

Re: Over 8,500 killed, 900 students buried as powerful quake hits China

what about the indisputable fact that the earth consistently cycles through changes in climate? There have been many ice ages and the following is an extremely harsh heated climate... What about the fact that while it may be 115 in Arizona it is much cooler in other areas... such as Charlotte (check it out if you want).. Didn't it snow in Iraq this year?

To be honest I think that man has definitely left a footprint on Earth, and it is possible and probable that we may have sped up some processes or at the least helped them along, but the fact remains that our world doesn't rotate the sun in an exact circle. Sometimes the rotation is elliptical others it is more round, we are coming to a time when we are closing in on the sun a bit more than we used to, that is what is causes temperature rises and perpetuates the cycles that have changed this world since the beginning of time.

During the palaeocene/eocene thermal maximum the earth's temperature shot up by six or so degrees over a period of thousands of years, and was so bad that there were palm trees in the arctic circle. Scientists are predicting that temperatures may rise by a similar amount over the next hundred years. The PETM (caused by either a disastrous methane release or a volcano blowing up a load of oil) is classified as a hyperthermal event. I wonder what that makes current global warming?

 

[Ninth_Scribe]

Re: Over 8,500 killed, 900 students buried as powerful quake hits China

That is a pretty wild story... hope that lion finds its way back to a pack

Yes, but it was refreshing to see. I watched the video documentary on AP (Animal Planet) last week, it was fabulous! Everything except the end that is. Just thought I'd throw that in the mix here to break up the monotony, lol.

The Ninth Scribe

 

[MTAFFI]

Re: Over 8,500 killed, 900 students buried as powerful quake hits China

During the palaeocene/eocene thermal maximum the earth's temperature shot up by six or so degrees over a period of thousands of years, and was so bad that there were palm trees in the arctic circle. Scientists are predicting that temperatures may rise by a similar amount over the next hundred years. The PETM (caused by either a disastrous methane release or a volcano blowing up a load of oil) is classified as a hyperthermal event. I wonder what that makes current global warming?

the thing is that scientists have merely noticed increased and decreased temperatures in the past maybe 100 years at best, how can you make an accurate analysis with only that small amount of data? For all we know the earth temperature might drop in the next 100 years, or stay the same or perhaps rise a bit... Have you watched the weather channel lately? They are never right! lol... Any scientists that is predicting the temperatures to rise over the next hundred years is only predicting, he doesnt know for sure and no one else does either... We could be on the brink of a hyperthermal event and that may be what cycle the earth is building up to right now.. Yellowstone could erupt in the next 10 minutes and wipe out 99.9% of life on earth within the next year, but know one knows.

Anyways, the idea is worth entertaining and should be examined and researched more, but given the fact that the average man gives out more CO2 than a car, throughout his life, I am not really buying into it just yet.

 

[Ninth_Scribe]

Re: Over 8,500 killed, 900 students buried as powerful quake hits China

During the palaeocene/eocene thermal maximum the earth's temperature shot up by six or so degrees over a period of thousands of years, and was so bad that there were palm trees in the arctic circle. Scientists are predicting that temperatures may rise by a similar amount over the next hundred years. The PETM (caused by either a disastrous methane release or a volcano blowing up a load of oil) is classified as a hyperthermal event. I wonder what that makes current global warming?

Yes, I've been montoring that, along with other issues. I mean, it's one thing to have two different cycles (natural and manmade)... but if they collide? This past week I've been tracking volcanic activity, faults and undersea methane concentrations off the California coast.

http://volcano.wr.usgs.gov

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4176/is_20060830/ai_n16692963

http://www.heatisonline.org/contentserver/objecthandlers/index.cfm?id=6007&method=full

I'm also tracking the jet stream and studying how wind carries volcanic ash... it's a cross comparison for pollution standards.

The Ninth Scribe