except his theory is completely blown out of the water by vast amounts of evidence that subduction does indeed occur...but if you read Adams' writings, he simply and conveniently dismisses subduction without any discussion.
it's a quirky and entertaining 'theory' that does have some history, but was left behind decades ago after real data and information addressed it
the fact that his illustrations and animations are pleasing to the eye (which they are) should not be mistaken for science
Chris Sivori
· 2 years ago
Brian, good point. I was more mesmerized by the video than by the science behind it, definitely.
Brian
· 2 years ago
He's such a great artist...it'd be great if he made these illustrations with current ideas and reconstructions of paleogeography.
love this blog, by the way...just came across it randomly
Chris Sivori
· 2 years ago
Thank you, Brian. I am glad you have stopped by.
Roland
· 2 years ago
Regarding Expanding Earth and water:
I was also puzzled about the miraculous appearance of water in the video and in other theories of expanding earth. Then one day I seemed to recall that the bible said that the earth was first covered by water. I also recalled that scientist said all life initially resided in the ocean! Well ... it seems clear now to me that there is were the water came from. It was always here! The land was a result of inflation of the globe. When that happened, there wasn't enough water to cover the whole globe anymore, so dry land surfaced. The shallows, where most creatures resided comfortably, and fossilized after death, are now way up in the top of mountains, where you can find shell fish fossils today.
I'm no scientist, so I can't (and wouldn't even try) to prove this. But, it seems that this answers the question of where the water came from more clearly then the theory that comets deposited it. That is just silly. There's just too much water here. Besides, analysis of comet water indicate that it is not the same as earth's (different isotope makeup), so it couldn't have come from them.
John
· 2 years ago
On the Expanding Earth Theory,
Up until around the 1950s and 1960s, The Expanding Earth Theory was a contender. When the theory of plate tectonics was pretty much validated by the discovery of the reversals of the Earth's magnetic field, the E.E Theory was discarded. By examining the newly created oceanic crust on either side of the spreading centers, it was found that their magnetic imprint was a mirror image on either side of the spreading centers. You can think of them as stripes that are parallel to the spreading center, each stripe corresponding to the duration of a particular magnetic (north/south or south/north) polarity.
Roland
· 2 years ago
Magnetic Reversal doesn't explain water content.
So, the field reverses once in a while. That doesn't prove that the earth wasn't expanding. The reversal just happened when the expansion was in progress, drawing apart the 'plates' at that time.
Still, the question of WHERE DID THE WATER COME FROM is not being addressed. Quit ducking out.
The Ranter
· 1 year ago
I find this theory to be very interesting. I was wondering about the water situation myself, and I've been thinking about it and think I may have an answer, so I've decided to throw in my 2 cents and provide some possibility:
"Where did the water come from?"
Well, I recall watching a TV show about the Dinosaurs, and they explained that the reason why Dinosaurs, insects, etc., where so much larger back then was because there was more Oxygen (i.e. "Air") at that time.
Remember these facts:
"Air", is 2 parts Oxygen, 1 part Hydrogen, represented as o2. "Water" is 2 parts Hydrogen, 1 part Oxygen, represented as h2o. "Ozone", is 3 parts Oxygen, represented as o3.
Matter cannot be created, nor destroyed, it can only be changed from one form to another.
I tell you these for a reason.
Let's say you have 30,000 molecules of "Air", consisting of 20,000 molecules of Oxygen, and 10,000 molecules of Hydrogen, and no "ozone".
Out of those 30,000 molecules, you could take 10,000 molecules of Hydrogen, and add 5,000 molecules of Oxygen and get "water" (h2o). You would then have 15,000 remaining Oxygen molecules, which could then be formed into "Ozone" (o3) which would leave no usable "air" (o2).
Starting to see what I'm getting at?
I propose that the "Air" was gradually converted to "water", possibly due to greater gravitational forces being applied to the atmosphere due to the expansion of the planet's surface. The creation of "Water" and "Ozone" would have reduced the amount of Oxygen in the atmosphere, whilst creating surface water. This explains both: A) how there was more oxygen in the age of dinosaurs, and B) where the water in the oceans came from in the expanding earth theory.
One scary implication of this theory is this: If as the Earth expands, "air" is converted to "Water" and "Ozone", that means that "air" is still being converted to "water" and "ozone" which means that gradually the supply of usable oxygen is decreasing, thus meaning life could one day face extinction due to suffocation.
jom
· 1 year ago
i guess our living tings are still evolving, it is constantly adapting to an environment with lesser oxygen.
Anna
· 11 months ago
Your theory is a good idea, but alas there's a mistake in how you remember the composition of air molecules. The most common gases are nitrogen (78%), oxygen (about 21%), and argon (almost 1%). Other molecules are present in the atmosphere as well, but in very small quantities.
All Comments
it's a quirky and entertaining 'theory' that does have some history, but was left behind decades ago after real data and information addressed it
the fact that his illustrations and animations are pleasing to the eye (which they are) should not be mistaken for science
I blogged about Neal recently here
love this blog, by the way...just came across it randomly
I was also puzzled about the miraculous appearance of water in the video and in other theories of expanding earth. Then one day I seemed to recall that the bible said that the earth was first covered by water. I also recalled that scientist said all life initially resided in the ocean! Well ... it seems clear now to me that there is were the water came from. It was always here! The land was a result of inflation of the globe. When that happened, there wasn't enough water to cover the whole globe anymore, so dry land surfaced. The shallows, where most creatures resided comfortably, and fossilized after death, are now way up in the top of mountains, where you can find shell fish fossils today.
I'm no scientist, so I can't (and wouldn't even try) to prove this. But, it seems that this answers the question of where the water came from more clearly then the theory that comets deposited it. That is just silly. There's just too much water here. Besides, analysis of comet water indicate that it is not the same as earth's (different isotope makeup), so it couldn't have come from them.
Up until around the 1950s and 1960s, The Expanding Earth Theory was a contender. When the theory of plate tectonics was pretty much validated by the discovery of the reversals of the Earth's magnetic field, the E.E Theory was discarded. By examining the newly created oceanic crust on either side of the spreading centers, it was found that their magnetic imprint was a mirror image on either side of the spreading centers. You can think of them as stripes that are parallel to the spreading center, each stripe corresponding to the duration of a particular magnetic (north/south or south/north) polarity.
So, the field reverses once in a while. That doesn't prove that the earth wasn't expanding. The reversal just happened when the expansion was in progress, drawing apart the 'plates' at that time.
Still, the question of WHERE DID THE WATER COME FROM is not being addressed. Quit ducking out.
"Where did the water come from?"
Well, I recall watching a TV show about the Dinosaurs, and they explained that the reason why Dinosaurs, insects, etc., where so much larger back then was because there was more Oxygen (i.e. "Air") at that time.
Remember these facts:
"Air", is 2 parts Oxygen, 1 part Hydrogen, represented as o2.
"Water" is 2 parts Hydrogen, 1 part Oxygen, represented as h2o.
"Ozone", is 3 parts Oxygen, represented as o3.
Matter cannot be created, nor destroyed, it can only be changed from one form to another.
I tell you these for a reason.
Let's say you have 30,000 molecules of "Air", consisting of 20,000 molecules of Oxygen, and 10,000 molecules of Hydrogen, and no "ozone".
Out of those 30,000 molecules, you could take 10,000 molecules of Hydrogen, and add 5,000 molecules of Oxygen and get "water" (h2o). You would then have 15,000 remaining Oxygen molecules, which could then be formed into "Ozone" (o3) which would leave no usable "air" (o2).
Starting to see what I'm getting at?
I propose that the "Air" was gradually converted to "water", possibly due to greater gravitational forces being applied to the atmosphere due to the expansion of the planet's surface. The creation of "Water" and "Ozone" would have reduced the amount of Oxygen in the atmosphere, whilst creating surface water. This explains both: A) how there was more oxygen in the age of dinosaurs, and B) where the water in the oceans came from in the expanding earth theory.
One scary implication of this theory is this: If as the Earth expands, "air" is converted to "Water" and "Ozone", that means that "air" is still being converted to "water" and "ozone" which means that gradually the supply of usable oxygen is decreasing, thus meaning life could one day face extinction due to suffocation.