Deep Oceans: February 2010

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

道德經 29

"Does anyone want to take the world and do what he wants with it?
I do not see how he can succeed.

THE WORLD IS A SACRED VESSEL, WHICH MUST NOT BE
TAMPERED WITH OR GRABBED AFTER.
TO TAMPER WITH IT IS TO SPOIL IT,
AND TO GRASP IT IS TO LOSE IT..." - 老子

Sunday, February 21, 2010

Kamma Niyama.

Quite simply put: cause and effect...

If one takes a block of ice, which holds a certain amount of density, it is less likely to melt at a faster rate (minus outside variants). If one wishes to have ice cubes, one simply pokes holes into the block of ice, thus making it less dense and breaking apart what was seemingly a strong mass. Therefore, making it more susceptible to melting at a quicker rate.

I could surely go into more scientific detail about impurities and components, but my simple explanation above is just that, simple... The core density of ice, once drilled in one or more places, is drastically altered. Altered enough to melt at a faster rate than a whole block.

Since 1966 we have begun the documented quest of coring. Between the years 1992 and 1994, a total of 5,603 cores were taken in ONE location. Over a ten year span a total of 870 at another site. Those are just figures from two different coring locations, and many places all over our planet are being drilled.

As a scientist and archeologist, I do get giddy over the mass amounts of information we can only speculate over in finds held within cores - But everything should be in moderation. Did it ever occur to anyone that taking core samples from ice, or from the Earth itself (for that matter) disrupts the balances and the natural cycles of the planet?