Allah says
وَتَرَى الْجِبَالَ تَحْسَبُهَا جَامِدَةً وَهِيَ تَمُرُّ مَرَّ السَّحَابِ ﴿٨٨ النمل﴾
And you see the mountains, thinking that they are solid, while they pass like clouds.(An-Naml 88)
Perhaps this verse was somewhat confusing to non-believers in God - the Most High - as for Muslims, they believe in everything that came in the Holy Qur’an, even if they did not understand it, It is almost impossible for the mountains to move, and here God Almighty informed us that they move, and we have some scientific talk on this subject.. Here you go.
Groundbreaking discovery finally proves that rain can really move mountains
Groundbreaking technology that accurately captures how mountains bend to the will of raindrops has helped solve a long-standing scientific puzzle.
Groundbreaking technology that accurately captures how mountains bend to the will of raindrops has helped solve a long-standing scientific puzzle.
The dramatic effect of precipitation on the development of mountain landscapes
It's widely debated among geologists, but new research led by the University of Bristol and published today in Science Advances clearly accounts for its impact, advancing our understanding of how peaks and valleys evolved over millions of years. His findings, which focused on the greatest mountain ranges - the Himalayas - also pave the way for predicting the potential impact of climate change on landscapes, and thus on human life. The lead author, Dr. A landscape fast enough to suck rocks out of the ground, effectively pulling mountains at great speed. “These two theories have been debated for decades because the measurements required to prove them are very complex. This is what makes this discovery such an exciting breakthrough, because it strongly supports the idea that atmospheric and solid Earth processes are closely linked.”
While there is no shortage of scientific models aimed at explaining how the Earth works, the biggest challenge can be making enough good observations to test which one is more accurate. The study was based in the central and eastern Himalayas of Bhutan and Nepal, because this region of the world is one of The most sample landscapes for erosion rate studies. Dr. Adams, with collaborators from Arizona State University (ASU) and Louisiana State University, used cosmic clocks inside grains of sand to measure the speed at which rivers are eroding the rock beneath.
When a cosmic particle from outer space reaches Earth
It is likely to run into grains of sand on hillsides as they travel towards rivers. When this happens, some of the atoms within each grain of sand can turn into a rare element. By counting how many atoms of this element are present in a bag of sand, we can calculate how long the sand has been left, and thus how quickly the landscape is eroding, said Dr. Adams. “Once we have erosion rates from across the mountain range, we can compare them against differences in river gradient and precipitation. However, such a comparison is very problematic because each data point is difficult to produce and the statistical interpretation of all the data together.”
Dr. Adams overcame this challenge by combining regression techniques with numerical models of how rivers erode. “We tested a variety of numerical models to reproduce the observed erosion rate pattern across Bhutan and Nepal. In the end, only one model was able to accurately predict the measured erosion rates,” said Dr. Adams.
"This model allows us for the first time to quantify how precipitation affects erosion rates in rough terrain." Collaborating researcher Professor Kellen Whipple, Professor of Geology at ASU, said: "Our results show how important it is to calculate precipitation when evaluating patterns of tectonic activity using topography, and provide a key step forward in addressing the amount of slip on tectonic faults that can be controlled by Climate erosion at the surface.”
Bear the results of the study as well
Important implications for managing land use, infrastructure maintenance and hazards in the Himalayas. In the Himalayas, there is a constant danger that high rates of erosion can greatly increase sedimentation behind dams, putting important hydroelectric projects at risk. The findings also suggest that greater rainfall could erode hillsides, increasing the risk of debris flows or landslides, some of which may be large enough to block a river creating a new hazard - lake floods.
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