ElNitroSat, Dec 26, 2009 This "expansion" theory makes sense if we see Earth not as a floating rock in space but as a giant organism that breathes and pulsates (earthquakes). Organisms tend to grow/evolve as well and Earth is no different.
I'd be really interested in seeing how this theory evolves once more "mainstream" scientists stop dismissing this as new-age bollocks and take it more seriously.
One day not too far from now people will realize the Gaia theory is more than just that.
@ Marius: recent (and not so recent) findings suggest most water on planetary bodies in the solar system came from comet impacts (their main composition is nearly pure water-ice).
Water is also pretty abundant out there in its different physical states yet the main variable is a body's ability to retain it on its surface/subsurface due to its distance from the sun, gravity, atmosphere, pressure and other factors.
This "expansion" theory makes sense if we see Earth not as a floating rock in space but as a giant organism that breathes and pulsates (earthquakes). Organisms tend to grow/evolve as well and Earth is no different.
I'd be really interested in seeing how this theory evolves once more "mainstream" scientists stop dismissing this as new-age bollocks and take it more seriously.
One day not too far from now people will realize the Gaia theory is more than just that.
@ Marius: recent (and not so recent) findings suggest most water on planetary bodies in the solar system came from comet impacts (their main composition is nearly pure water-ice).
Water is also pretty abundant out there in its different physical states yet the main variable is a body's ability to retain it on its surface/subsurface due to its distance from the sun, gravity, atmosphere, pressure and other factors.
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/11/13/water.moon.nasa/index.html
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/060202_comet_ice.html
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/solarsystem/comet_linear_010517-2.html