The Word Café Podcast with Amax

S1 Ep. 96 The Cycle of the Earth

October 12, 2022 Amachree Isoboye Afanyaa Season 1 Episode 96
The Word Café Podcast with Amax
S1 Ep. 96 The Cycle of the Earth
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Show Notes

14And God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years. 15And let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the Earth." And it was so. 16God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night. And He made the stars as well.… Genesis 1: 14-16

Each time I think of the cycle of the Earth, the above verses of scriptures come to mind; I pause and ponder, looking at it closely, and all I see is a cycle. I ask myself, does this cycle, this movement, literarily affect everything that the earth warehouses?
In asking this question and researching the topic, I came upon this article titled 'Milankovitch (Orbital) Cycles and Their Role in Earth's Climate by By Alan Buis,

'Our lives revolve around cycles: series of events repeated regularly in the same order. Hundreds of different types of cycles exist in our world and the universe. Some are natural, such as the change of the seasons, annual animal migrations, or the circadian rhythms that govern our sleep patterns. Others are human-produced, like growing and harvesting crops, musical rhythms, or economic cycles.

Cycles also play critical roles in Earth's short-term weather and long-term climate. A century ago, Serbian scientist Milutin Milankovitch hypothesized the long-term, collective effects of changes in Earth's position relative to the Sun are a strong driver of Earth's long-term climate and are responsible for triggering the beginning and end of glaciation periods (Ice Ages).

Specifically, he examined how variations in three types of Earth orbital movements affect how much solar radiation (known as insolation) reaches the top of Earth's atmosphere as well as where the insolation reaches. These cyclical orbital movements, which became known as the Milankovitch cycles, cause variations of up to 25 percent in the amount of incoming insolation at Earth's mid-latitudes (the areas of our planet located between about 30 and 60 degrees north and south of the equator).' https://climate.nasa.gov/news/2948/mi... Milankovitch cycles%20include%3A,is%20pointed%2C%20known%20as%20precession.

Looking at this research above, I see some answers to the question I have entertained for a while now, which has influenced my thoughts in this video. 

One's ignorance of things somewhat does not release the person from the consequences of not knowing, but it will put the person in an advantageous position if the individual is armed with a certain level of information and vis-a-vis knowledge that the person can manipulate in surmounting the challenges the person is likely to face

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