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Counterexamples to an Old Earth (view source)
Revision as of 15:39, December 26, 2009
, 15:39, December 26, 2009suggesting that life is in a short term rather than long term equilibrium
* The [[Earth]]'s [[magnetism]] is changing at too fast a rate for the Earth to be old. The Earth's magnetic field is weakening in strength by 5% every 100 years<ref>[http://image.gsfc.nasa.gov/poetry/tour/AAmag.html Earth's Magnetic Field and its Changes in Time], from [[NASA]]</ref>. [[Exponential decay]] at that rate is not compatible with an old Earth, since it would have required the Earth's magnetic field to be impossibly large at the times postulated by old-Earth theory.
* The [[Earth]]'s [[magnetism]] is changing at too fast a rate for the Earth to be old. The Earth's magnetic field is weakening in strength by 5% every 100 years<ref>[http://image.gsfc.nasa.gov/poetry/tour/AAmag.html Earth's Magnetic Field and its Changes in Time], from [[NASA]]</ref>. [[Exponential decay]] at that rate is not compatible with an old Earth, since it would have required the Earth's magnetic field to be impossibly large at the times postulated by old-Earth theory.
* the existence of inland salt-water lakes, such as [[Mono Lake]] and the [[Great Salt Lake]], suggest a recent global [[flood]]
* the existence of inland salt-water lakes, such as [[Mono Lake]] and the [[Great Salt Lake]], suggest a recent global [[flood]]
* the age of onset of sexual maturity is rapidly changing, suggesting that life is in a short-term rather than long-term equilibrium<ref>For evidence of a rapidly changing age for sexual maturity in fish, see http://icesjms.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/46/3/235</ref>
== References ==
== References ==