Does the Venus Transit Cause Floods?
June 21, 2004 On June 8, 2004, Venus passed directly between the Earth and the Sun. From the Earth, it was like a mini-solar eclipse, with the black disk of Venus taking about six hours to slowly make its way across the Sun’s bright face. I actually had a chance to see it, and it was a truly amazing sight. But according to one Chinese scientist, it was even more amazing than that. Geng Guoqing, who works with the Special Committee on Natural Calamities Forecasting, a part of the China Geophysics Society, says that the Venus transit has an effect on the Earth. He wrote an article for the “Science and Technology Review” in which he claims that there is a “clear correlation” between transits of Venus and the flooding of the Yellow River! I cannot find direct links to the article, unfortunately, so I have to rely on news reports of it (like here, here, and here). I will be careful and say that without reading his article, I cannot be sure of his methodology. However, as a scientist and som
