Unveiling the Connection Between Earth and Mars: How Planetary Orbits Impact Ocean Currents

2024-03-12 21:30:55

Earth and Mars, which also orbits the sun, can push and pull against each other. (Public domain)

[The Epoch Times, March 13, 2024](Comprehensive report by Epoch Times reporter Li Yan) The latest research shows that,MarsdistanceEarthAbout 140 million miles away, but the Red Planet is the planet that created the Earthdeep seamedium “huge”swirl“The man behind the scenes.

Scientists analyzed data from hundreds of studies over the past half centurydeep seaSite Drilling Sediments ReviewedEarthCount the past to better understand the strength of deep ocean currents. The results surprised them.

According to the study published Tuesday (March 12) in the journal Nature Communications, the sediments reveal deepoceanHow currents weaken and strengthen over a 2.4-million-year climate cycle.

Study co-author Adriana Dutkiewicz, a sedimentologist at the University of Sydney, said scientists did not expect to find these cycles, and there was only one way to explain them.

“They are related toMarsRelated to the interaction period of the Earth’s orbit around the Sun. The authors say this is the first study to establish these links.

The two planets interact through a phenomenon known as “resonance,” in which the two orbiting bodies push and pull each other through gravity, which changes the shape of their orbits and affects their distance from the sun.

For Earth, this interaction with Mars translates into periods of increased solar energy, meaning a warmer climate, the report found. And these warming cycles are associated with more active ocean currents.

The author calls this ocean current “a hugeswirl”, can reach the bottom of the deep sea, eroding the seafloor and causing large deposits of sediment to accumulate, like snowdrifts.

Scientists mapped the distribution of these strong eddies by analyzing “breakpoints” in sediment cores. Deep-sea sediments form continuous layers under calm conditions, but strong ocean currents can disrupt this layer, leaving a telltale imprint.

british countryoceanJoel Hirschi, deputy director of ocean system modeling at the Center for Science and Technology, was not involved in the study. He said the study’s discovery of a 2.4-million-year cycle in ocean sediments was noteworthy. He added that this approach was sound and that contact with Mars was possible.

However, he told CNN, “The proposed link to ocean circulation is speculative, and there is little evidence that deep-sea circulation and eddies are stronger in warmer climates.”

Satellite observations show that these eddies have become more active over the past few decades, but the currents don’t always reach the seafloor, meaning they can’t affect sediment accumulation, he said.

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