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There's been an exciting new breakthrough in the search for evolution evidence, and it comes from a very unexpected source. It also creates a paradigm shift for what we believe about one of nature's wonders.
One of the rock solid evidences that scientists have for evolution is micro-evolution. This is change within a species - aka "speciation".
And the absolutely perfect logic we postulate from this phenomenon is that the species must also evolve from one to another over a long period of time (even though we can't observe this happening and there is no fossil evidence to support it).
But it must happen - it must.
Dr. Barry Stratosfear is a leading meteorologist (which has little to do with meteors hurling down from outer space), who is proposing a new theory that we are about to exclusively bring to you (the public).
Dr. Barry Stratosfear
(A new scientific hero)
Using the micro-evolution projection technique employed toward macro-evolution (change from one species to another), Dr. Stratosfear states that this evidence points to the evolution of another natural entity - clouds.
"I believe that clouds have been evolving for billions of years," he said. "And I don't think that the process has stopped just yet."
Since the dawn of intelligent brains, man has watched the clouds roll by and searched for likenesses of objects trapped on earth by gravity - "Could these savages have been that far off?" asks Stratosfear.
It's obvious that clouds change from one shape into another, but there's even more.
"There are different species of clouds which are all distinctly different. Clouds, defined in terms of their gross physical characteristics, can be classified as STRATIFORM or CUMULIFORM.
Stratiform, or layered, clouds form when the upward motion is relatively uniform over an area, and cumuliform, or cottony, billowing clouds develop when upward and downward air currents are separated by fairly short distances," said Barry.
He continued, "When clouds form at ground surface they are called FOG. Clouds that form in the middle troposphere are called ALTOSTRATUS and ALTOCUMULUS, and those in the upper troposphere are referred to as CIRROCUMULUS, CIRROSTRATUS, or CIRRUS.
For those with bases in the lower troposphere, the terms STRATUS and CUMULUS are used. When precipitation is falling from these clouds, they are referred to with such terms as nimbostratus or CUMULONIMBUS."
And he kept on talking - we just couldn't shut him up, "NIMBOSTRATUS are the gray, leaden-sky clouds often produced by large-scale winter cyclones in which precipitation is fairly steady and long-lasting.
CUMULONIMBUS clouds, on the other hand, are associated with typical summertime thunderstorms, in which rainfall is generally brief but heavy.
A system of classifying cloud species according to their physical characteristics has been devised by the World Meteorological Organization."
Anyway, all of these clouds evolve from one kind into another depending on the atmospheric conditions - "And anyone can see it happening in real time. Just go outside and look up," Dr. S. interjected.
"This is evolution in action," he proclaimed. "I just don't see how anyone can argue against it. But some do say that it doesn't apply because clouds aren't alive."
But he asks, "Where did life evolve from? Scientists agree that life evolved from non-living matter. If so, then it's reasonable to expect this non-living matter to evolve from one form into another."
Dr. Mac N. Tosh, a computer scientist and part-time Furby technician said, "This may be one of the greatest discoveries in the history of discoveries. I'm sure it will be a quantum leap for evolution."
When asked about what these "clouds" may have been before they evolved into their current species - or what they might be in a few million years, Stratosfear's eyes lit up and sparkled with anticipation.
"I think that the possibilities are endless. But more than likely "fog" is one of the lower cloud species since it is found on lower levels than others. So I believe that clouds first evolved as a fog-like transitionary species from either marsh land or sea, then rising higher and higher over the millennia."
Then he went on to speculate that clouds would be something entirely different in a few million years. He even suggested that clouds may already be more evolved than we realize.
"They may even be intelligent beings. We maybe just haven't discovered how it all works yet. Science is always amending its theories - except for evolution, of coarse."
When asked what kind of reaction people are going to have upon hearing these ideas, Stratosfear replied, . . .
"I have been struck by lightening out in the field a few times - and it's no fun. But doctors assure me that my mental facilities are all intact and functioning properly.
My theories are based on direct observable evidence, as well as the proven theory of (micro-evolution = macro-evolution). I am sure I will have full backing of the scientific community."
We shall see, Dr. Stratosfear . . . we shall see.
