For the last 5,000,000 years we have been in an Ice Age Era, moving from glacial (approx. 80,000 yrs) to interglacial (20,000 yrs.) periods. This known as the Milanovitch Cycle. Land in the North is rebounding back up from having been depressed by enormous glaciers of the previous glacial event.
Remember, to every action their is an equal and opposite reaction-- that would mean that the land at the equator would have bulged as a reaction... and so it too would now be resettling. It can be surmised that in its final stage, the rebound would escalate-- that would mean earthquakes (especially under the sea) and tsunami's at a faster rate and with greater severity. With all that activity under the sea (friction), you would have warming which of course, would then move to the atmosphere-- torrential rains, floods and hurricanes. Hmmm. The next phase would be tonnes of snow!
Mankind has reduced forests, and glacial events do again as much. Forests provide the air we breath!!
2007-10-23
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