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<blockquote data-quote="Argus Decimus Mokira" data-source="post: 1078866" data-attributes="member: 10239"><p>Hey</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Maybe not the astronomical community, but the geological community certainly leans towards acceptance. The problem stems from oxygen isotope fluctuations in marine plankton sediments through time. The changes occur on a 100,000 year "schedule" with a number of complex variations. Using a Fouier analysis, two other periods of 41,000 and 26,000 have been recognized. I'll grant you that the actual causes for these variations may be questioned, but their very presence cannot be. Something has been regularly changing in these periods. I wonder if you wouldn't mind posting the link to the website - I'd be interested in seeing it. I completely agree that changes in orbital geometry, if they do exist, would indeed have less of a role on global climate than tectonic positioning. </p><p></p><p>Lastly, I'll just point out that <strong>lots</strong> of science is hypothetical ... the Big Bang, plate tectonics, the impacter responsible for the Moon (or any impacter, for that matter), the human impact on the Ozone layer, etc. Labeling the theory of Milankovitch cycles as hypothesis puts it in very good company.</p><p></p><p>Thanks</p><p>-Matt</p><p></p><p>EDIT: </p><p>Quite a bit of Torilian (sp?) geography cannot be explained with scientific standards - for example, the lack of a lake effect in Mulhorond ... it should rain there as much as it does in New England (and let me assure you that that can be quite a lot). However, it's not entirely unreasonable for us to try to sort out some things scientifically - if anything, its a fun exercise.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":o" title="Eek! :o" data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":o" /> <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":o" title="Eek! :o" data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":o" /> <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":o" title="Eek! :o" data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":o" /> <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":o" title="Eek! :o" data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":o" /> <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":o" title="Eek! :o" data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":o" /> <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":o" title="Eek! :o" data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":o" /> <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":o" title="Eek! :o" data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":o" /> Some<em>one</em> has some<em>thing</em> on his mind ...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Argus Decimus Mokira, post: 1078866, member: 10239"] Hey Maybe not the astronomical community, but the geological community certainly leans towards acceptance. The problem stems from oxygen isotope fluctuations in marine plankton sediments through time. The changes occur on a 100,000 year "schedule" with a number of complex variations. Using a Fouier analysis, two other periods of 41,000 and 26,000 have been recognized. I'll grant you that the actual causes for these variations may be questioned, but their very presence cannot be. Something has been regularly changing in these periods. I wonder if you wouldn't mind posting the link to the website - I'd be interested in seeing it. I completely agree that changes in orbital geometry, if they do exist, would indeed have less of a role on global climate than tectonic positioning. Lastly, I'll just point out that [B]lots[/B] of science is hypothetical ... the Big Bang, plate tectonics, the impacter responsible for the Moon (or any impacter, for that matter), the human impact on the Ozone layer, etc. Labeling the theory of Milankovitch cycles as hypothesis puts it in very good company. Thanks -Matt EDIT: Quite a bit of Torilian (sp?) geography cannot be explained with scientific standards - for example, the lack of a lake effect in Mulhorond ... it should rain there as much as it does in New England (and let me assure you that that can be quite a lot). However, it's not entirely unreasonable for us to try to sort out some things scientifically - if anything, its a fun exercise. :o :o :o :o :o :o :o Some[I]one[/I] has some[I]thing[/I] on his mind ... [/QUOTE]
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