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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 01:32 PM Original message |
Science Geeks: If the Earth weren't on a tilted axis, would life still exist? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
1. I don't see any reason why not. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 01:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. But I heard on a Nat Geo special that if Earth had a "normal" axis, rays would bombard the planet |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 01:40 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. You mean the tilt, or the magnetic field? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 01:41 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Not sure - they seem to have implied that one chages, so does the other... |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
2. Probably not as we know it |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
6. We would have life... |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
7. Yep. No seasons. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 01:55 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. How would that work? |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 02:02 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Think he means that the moon moderates the earth's axis precession . |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 02:03 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. He wasn't saying that Evolution had a purpose |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 06:11 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Very well, thank goodness. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
12. It would be almost the same as it is now, except... |
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