NASA: GLOBAL WARMING IS NOW CHANGING HOW EARTH WOBBLES

AP ^ | April 8, 2016 | ETH BORENSTEIN AP SCIENCE WRITER

[PROCON]

How did the earth survive all that time without us to protect it?

[dfwgator]

[clearcarbon]

If the wobble is strictly related to the presence or absence of polar ice, than the wobble is merely returning to a previous state.

I'd like to know how it compares to the planet before Pangea split up into the current continent configuration.

[GingisK]

GPS really is out friend, that id for sure. Those satellites would have to provide updated tables to the receivers. One minute, tops.

[GingisK]

Please explain your reasoning.

It is really quite simple. In the case of GPS, those satellites will continue to orbit in the same path as before. The change in wobble of the Earth will place different soil beneath them relative to orbit time past the UTC line. This will require compensation to the tables in GPS receivers. The good news is that the satellites will send updated tables to everyone's tables.

In the case of navigation by sextant, the location of the sun and sighting stars will change with respect to location of the observer and time. This requires that the sextant user replace all of his printed charts. It will also affect the math required to apply the charts to the observer's position throughout advancing date and time.

Navigators are still taught to use the sextant since having GPS satellites is not really guaranteed in time of war.

[freedumb2003]

>>Study Question: How do less-than-specks in congress plan to control the sun?<<

Energy credits and taxes, silly!

[grey_whiskers]

Fair enough.

[PLMerite]

“Pretty sure that’s due to all the wind turbines.”

Wouldn’t that be funny as hell? On the other hand, masses of them must have some effect...except it’s a politically-correct effect so it doesn’t really count.