Friday, February 24, 2017

"The butterfly effect"

The idea that small causes may have larger effects is being applied by a group of scientists at the University of Wisconsin and Northwester University to the question of climate change.  The theory goes, if read it correctly, is that the orbits of the Earth and Mars over time, millions of years, has had an effect on the earth's climate by influencing the amount of radiation received by the planets.  
http://news.wisc.edu/from-rocks-in-colorado-evidence-of-a-chaotic-solar-system/

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