Mackey : The Earth’s Variable Rotation: A Climate Regulator
Over the past fifty years geophysicists have established that the planet experiences global warming and cooling episodes that are repeated about every 60 years; that these cycles are driven by decadal variations in the rate of rotation of the Earth; that these variations result from oscillations of the Earth’s inner core; and that these oscillations…
Šír et al. : The 60-year Cycle of Earth’s Climate and the Eccentricity of Jupiter’s Orbit
The 60-year cycle of eccentricity of Jupiter’s orbit is shown to be closely related to the 60-year cycle of Earth’s climate. Changes in Jupiter’s orbit affect the Earth’s rotation rate. The following phenomena have been shown to be related to these changes: the 1992 El Chicon eruption, the 1991 Pinatubo eruption, the occurrence of strong…
Wandrol et al. : Calculation of Thermal Energy Accumulation from the Behaviour of the Temperature Field in the Near-Surface Layers of the Earth’s Crust
We focused on geomechanics/geophysics and modelling the mechanical behaviour of the Earth’s crust (lithospheric plates). The main theme was the investigation of exogenous factors in crustal phenomena. Exogenous factors include e.g. tidal forces, cyclic changes in crustal temperature caused by the Sun, repeated changes in atmospheric air pressure, wave energy transfer from water bodies (seas…
