Geological Gems.
There are certain facts from geological history that are, for me, quite mind blowing. Factual gems of information such as from the early formation of the Earth it was covered by a sea of magma, that is extremely hot molten rock that lasted for at least fifty million years. There were three times that in amounts of solid land formed and the last one was the start of Continental Drift, as it broke to form what can be seen today. The interesting point I am making is that while there appears to be no fixed intention of geological progress, there is a lot of fascinating formation.
There have been several ice ages and more troubling for certain theorists could be the movement of the Magnetic Pole which is travelling at about twenty five miles a year. There is a possibility of several magnetic fields interfering with each other. In the past the magnetic poles have flipped. When I first heard about poles flipping I imagined it was the geological pole, which of course does not change its position. There are other information gems like the fact that the Moon has not always accompanied the Earth and was a result of a Mars sized planet crashing into the Earth. In my opinion, life in all its variety is a result of geological stepping stones that in hindsight can be traced but have vast gaps of time between them. There have been major changes in the environment which have been beneficial to some types of life but detrimental to others.
A very long time ago the Earth was spinning faster and a day would have been twelve hours long. However something has changed and in the last few years the rate of spin is claimed to have increased, although it may just be a blip. The slowing down of the spin is caused by the pull of the Moon. Scientists believe the speeding up of the rotation of the Earth is being caused by melting ice that subsequently increases the amount of water around the Equator adding to the centrifugal force.
Facts including implications of geological gems can be highly useful, fascinating and inspiring for works of both fiction and non-fiction. I believe the future of life is linked to geological events, arguably some of which we have no control over. Nonetheless there are some that can be countered in a positive way.
There have been several ice ages and more troubling for certain theorists could be the movement of the Magnetic Pole which is travelling at about twenty five miles a year. There is a possibility of several magnetic fields interfering with each other. In the past the magnetic poles have flipped. When I first heard about poles flipping I imagined it was the geological pole, which of course does not change its position. There are other information gems like the fact that the Moon has not always accompanied the Earth and was a result of a Mars sized planet crashing into the Earth. In my opinion, life in all its variety is a result of geological stepping stones that in hindsight can be traced but have vast gaps of time between them. There have been major changes in the environment which have been beneficial to some types of life but detrimental to others.
A very long time ago the Earth was spinning faster and a day would have been twelve hours long. However something has changed and in the last few years the rate of spin is claimed to have increased, although it may just be a blip. The slowing down of the spin is caused by the pull of the Moon. Scientists believe the speeding up of the rotation of the Earth is being caused by melting ice that subsequently increases the amount of water around the Equator adding to the centrifugal force.
Facts including implications of geological gems can be highly useful, fascinating and inspiring for works of both fiction and non-fiction. I believe the future of life is linked to geological events, arguably some of which we have no control over. Nonetheless there are some that can be countered in a positive way.
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