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Why is Earth’s axis shifting?

bluthruandthru

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"From 1982 to 2005, scientists found that the North Pole was drifting slowly south towards Labrador, about six to seven centimetres each year. But in 2005, the motions of the North Pole suddenly flipped in three unexpected ways.

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Rapid melting of ice on land has made the drift velocity of the North Pole accelerate, and has changed its direction of travel to the east. This solid ice is now liquid water spread across the planet. We know where the ice was, we know where it’s gone – and the maths all fit with the observed changes to motions of the North Pole."
 
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UKserialkiller

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BlueThruAndThru said:
"From 1982 to 2005, scientists found that the North Pole was drifting slowly south towards Labrador, about six to seven centimetres each year. But in 2005, the motions of the North Pole suddenly flipped in three unexpected ways.

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Rapid melting of ice on land has made the drift velocity of the North Pole accelerate, and has changed its direction of travel to the east. This solid ice is now liquid water spread across the planet. We know where the ice was, we know where it’s gone – and the maths all fit with the observed changes to motions of the North Pole."
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Just ignore it BlueThru, it'll go away eventually.
 
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I know better than to bring up the man-made global warming aspect of these things. That's why I didn't quote those parts of the article.

I thought it was interesting that the melting of ice could cause a wobble in our planet and that we could measure it.
 
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DSmith21

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Atlas has shrugged.

 
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Dig Dirkler

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All I know is most astrologers are stoned. Ever tried to make a few stars look like a crab, a fish, or a bull? It's like an interstellar Rorschach's.

Those dudes were smoking some serious peyote to make the zodiac.
 
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JHB4UK said:
planet is 5 billion years old, who knows how much wobbling the damn poles have done in that time? humans have only been around with the intelligence to measure it for the last what, 20 or 30 yrs.
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At least you're not blaming it on a government conspiracy, I guess. :alien:
 
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Crushgroove

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Nukes... Hell, the Japan quake moved the axis 10 CENTIMETERS

global warming... GTF outta here.
 
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Dig Dirkler

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Show of hands, who glanced at the thread title and for a second thought it said "Why is the Earth's axis shitting?"
 
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