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Earth’s Thermal Switch, the Driving Force Behind Climate Change
 
Abstract
 
There has been an accumulative amount of data demonstrating that our world is warming and climates are shifting, but the cause and source remains speculative. Thermodynamic laws, in conjunction with data analysis, demonstrates that the Earth heats and cools through long-term oscillations in underground heat flux warming our world to a level greater than the sun alone can account for. To confirm the impacts of this event, an Earth Simulator was created to reproduce the heat flux at these depths beyond 30 feet. Acting as our planet’s secondary heat source in this process, the sun, in conjunction with the axial tilt, increases the amount of energy upon the earth creating an “overturn” event of energy. This generates our planets thermal switch shutting down and reversing energy flow into the Earth forcing upwelling heat to build and is a natural form of energy conservation. Recreating the overturn event in a controlled environment demonstrates how increased surface heat increases subterranean heat through energy exchange over time, and how human altered land increases heat flow warming our world. It allows us greater insight into the importance of water and how it both retains and moves heat within the system, and how the soil aids in retaining this energy by resisting the flow of water. Using time and depth as a unit of measure, a means to determine the yearly gain/loss per season can be attained to assess yearly alterations. Soil temperature data can be measured, evaluated, and then alterations to our environment can be implemented to amplify cooling. Current policies and proposals set forth around the world to combat climate change are addressing the after-effects of this heat, not the source. We live within a finite world and adaptation of the natural habitat has its limits that we have surpassed. Until we make serious changes in our lives to adapt for the needs of our world, our current trends will continue to amplify.