Science or Pseudo-Science
I’m
not very good at maths. This is odd for I have off-spring who have
degrees in Mathematics and Physics. Some part of the genome has
passed me by. My old man was quite good at arithmetic. He could add
up someone’s milk bill on the fly and get the answer – always
erring on the side of the larger amount, I believe.
I
only preface this piece in order that no-one says, “This is dead
easy, you fool!” (They may say that anyway)
So
we have gravity. I understand the Newtonian theory of gravity (the
one with the apple). Gravity is directly proportional to the mass of
two objects and inversely proportional to the distance between them.
Seems fairly straight-forward. Some odd bits arise. When you jump
in the air you are attracted to the earth and soon find yourself back
where you started. What people find harder to compute is that the
earth is also attracted to you – but because the earth is so much
more massive than a person, the earth still comes up to meet you - it
is just too small to measure.
To
be clear, what we observe is the effect of gravity not gravity itself.
“In theories of quantum gravity, the graviton is the hypothetical
quantum of gravity, an elementary particle that mediates the force of
gravity. There is no complete quantum field theory of gravitons due
to an outstanding mathematical problem with re-normalization in
general relativity.” Clear? I thought so!
What
science is saying is that we can observe the effects of gravity but
we do not really understand how it works. Some science – oh yea!
So,
what has this got to do with dragging clouds?
Matter
is in three states. Solid (like the Earth), liquid (like the ocean)
and gas (like the atmosphere).
So
when the solid earth spins on its axis (as it does once in 24 hours) do the ocean and atmosphere follow at the same rate? Common
sense and a little bit of science would suggest that the water moves
along at a slower rate and the atmosphere at a much slower rate.
Imagine it as the solid earth moving and dragging the oceans and air
along with it. (Gravity!)
Now
what I want to know is: if my theory is correct, what effect does it
have on the weather?
When
we look at the weather map we see area of high and low pressure. The
uneven heating of the earth causes the air to rise (low pressure) in
places and fall (high pressure) in other places. This is the main
cause of the wind and our ever-changing weather.
But,
take the example of a high pressure area centred over the British
Isles. In winter this gives us dry and frosty conditions. - in summer
dry and warm.
However,
the weather map only concerns itself with the pressure. No account
is given to the rotation of the earth under the various areas of high
or low pressure. Perhaps changes in pressure cancel out the
rotational factors or perhaps the rotational factors are so small as
to be not very important.
Does the rotation of the earth affect the changes in the weather?
Could
someone please explain?
