Researchers from the Oregon State University (OSU) claim that their
findings have ended the debate over the cause of ice ages. In a news
release from Science Daily of August 7th, 2009 entitled "Long
Debate Ended Over Cause, Demise Of Ice Age? Research Into Earth's Wobble"
,
the OSU researchers; in collaboration with scientists from the Geological
Survey of Canada, University of Wisconsin, Stockholm University, Harvard
University, the U.S. Geological Survey, and the University of Ulster,
claim that they have evidence to prove the cause and demise of the ice
ages. That would be great if they had came up with findings that answered
all of the anomalies that surround the ice age theory.
For instance, where did the precipitation to enable an ice age come from?
During an a period of global cooling that enabled the extreme growth of ice, you still need to have snow fall that is, probably, at least equal to what we have now. This means that some area of the earth would have to be impervious to the global cooling. In fact, an increase in temperature in this area would, more than likely, be required in order to put enough water vapor into the skies to cause the falling of snow at the polar regions. This new theory fails to address this!
Another anomaly that this theory seems to ignore is the apparent evidence that during the last ice age, the southern hemisphere was not affected. There can be little doubt that outside influences from the sun or other planetary bodies would have effected both hemispheres equally and at the same time. Any cooling that resulted from the change in tilt or wobble and/or solar radiation would influence the weather at the south pole and its surrounding regions also.
The last anomaly addressed herein (by far, not he last of all ice age anomalies) deals with the amount of tilt that would be required in order to have glacial ice encroach on lands as far south as 45° latitude. The current approximate 24° tilt has set our present polar cap boundaries well inside the Arctic Circle. The Arctic Circle lies at 66° 32" which corresponds directly to the tilt. In other words, a different Arctic Circle would have been in place during the supposed ice age that was somewhere around 45° latitude or less. This problems is compounded by the corresponding change in the Antarctic Circle. This would greatly affect the first anomaly addressed herein.
The last item that will be discussed is the direction of travel that striation marks show that the ice traveled and their point of convergence. The marks carved into stone by the moving ice and the debris throughout North America point towards the Hudson Bay. In a generally northern path when south of the bay and in a southern path when north of it. Bet you can imagine which direction the marks point when you are east or west of the bay?
Based on these striations, it is extremely hard not to speculate that
at one time, the Hudson Bay was a polar cap. This would indicate that
the polar regions have wandered. If you would like to know more about
wandering polar regions, known as earth crust displacement, poleshift,
and crust shift, it is recommended that you read "Cataclysms
of the Earth",
"Path
of the Poles",
and "Are
We Worth Our Salt?".
For those of you that still believe the ice age theory, your work is just beginning to defend it. The aforementioned reading list outline dozens and dozens of anomalies that suggest the ice ages never happened.
So, while some claim that the debate over the ice age is over, it really should be time for the scientific community to start the debate over with the premise of whether or not there was an ice age in the first place.
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