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& REVIEWS COSMOLOGICAL ICE AGES & we were blasted into a longer GLOBAL WARMING elliptical orbit that resulted in an ice by Henry Kroll with Brad Guth age cycle. The blast from that event Trafford Pub., BC, Canada, 2009 reverberated on our planet about ISBN 978-I-4251-7062 (387pp I/F pb) 15,000 years ago, ending the ice age and raising the ambient temperature, thus making civilisation possible. This book could do with some fine- COSMOLOGICAL tuning editing-wise, but don't let that IC E AG ES detract from the astonishing ideas that the authors propose about the cosmos and our place in it. Available: www.AlaskaPublishing.com CLIMATE CHANGE: EXPLAINED BY MAGNETISM? by Thomas T. S. Watson Self-published, Victoria, Aust, 2009 ISBN 978-0-646-47722-0 (192pp tpb) Available: T. T. S. Watson, 32 Kinlock Street, Bell Post Hill, Vic. 3215, - - Australia, tel +61 3 5278 7628, email t took a mariner and navigator to ttsw@datafast.net.au come up with a stunning retired draftsman, Tom Watson hypothesis as to what causes and began his research into the link ends ice ages on Earth. Henry Kroll petween magnetism and gravity back realised that our planet's initial high jn 1981. He believes he has found CO: concentration came down so hat link in the ratio of the mass significantly because of plant growth diameter of an electron to the mass in the oceans, but this growth spurt diameter of a proton. He published needed a more powerful spectral his revelations in 2007 in A Fresh force than our Sun could provide. Approach to Magnetism (see 14/01) and With astronomy colleague Brad Guth, has now applied his findings to a he came up with the idea that on a study of climate change. cyclical basis Sirius B was doubling Watson contends that the climate our UV radiation and even causing has always been variable and that layers of oil, coal and limestone to be magnetic interactions between the formed from excess CO». Kroll and Sun and Earth—not human-induced Guth speculate that our solar system — CQ) emissions—are responsible for is part of a cluster of 100-odd stars, he major part of climate change. all orbiting relative to each other, and hat really tipped the balance was is captive to the Sirius and Procyon he Sun's magnetic pole reversal of star systems. They quote scientific February 2001: the altered magnetic evidence that the CO: content of ield is changing barometric pressure Earth's atmosphere drops to near zones and reversing the seasons. zero every 105,000 years, a periodicity n his exhaustively researched which corresponds with our closest book, with well-produced graphics, orbital point to the Sirius system. Watson debunks the work of global The researchers plotted the Sun's warming alarmists and examines the course backwards from Hercules, only jy erplaying variables including to find that our solar system was orbital changes and the planet's born in the Orion constellation, yet decreasing magnetic field. He also we're travelling towards Sirius at 7.5 reprints key papers on the climate km per second. Three million years change debate in the appendices. ago, when a star between Orion and jg radical rethink on climate change galactic centre went into supernova, is well worth taking the time to study. COSMOLOGICAL ICE AGES & GLOBAL WARMING by Henry Kroll with Brad Guth Trafford Pub., BC, Canada, 2009 ISBN 978-I-4251-7062 (387pp |/f pb) Available: www.AlaskaPublishing.com COSMOLOGICAL ICE AGES t took a mariner and navigator to come up with a stunning hypothesis as to what causes and ends ice ages on Earth. Henry Kroll realised that our planet's initial high CO: concentration came down so significantly because of plant growth in the oceans, but this growth spurt needed a more powerful spectral force than our Sun could provide. With astronomy colleague Brad Guth, he came up with the idea that on a cyclical basis Sirius B was doubling our UV radiation and even causing layers of oil, coal and limestone to be formed from excess CO». Kroll and Guth speculate that our solar system is part of a cluster of 100-odd stars, all orbiting relative to each other, and is captive to the Sirius and Procyon star systems. They quote scientific evidence that the CO: content of Earth's atmosphere drops to near zero every 105,000 years, a periodicity which corresponds with our closest orbital point to the Sirius system. The researchers plotted the Sun's course backwards from Hercules, only to find that our solar system was born in the Orion constellation, yet we're travelling towards Sirius at 7.5 km per second. Three million years ago, when a star between Orion and galactic centre went into supernova, NEXUS ¢ 73 DECEMBER 2009 - JANUARY 2010 www.nexusmagazine.com