Did The Chilean Quake Shift Earth's Axis

Terra Daily ^ | 3/12/2010 | Dr. Tony Phillips

[aNYCguy]

Interesting stuff.

[HiTech RedNeck]

So basically the Chile quake perturbed the globe just a smidgen more than it would have perturbed itself in a year sans earthquakes.

[umgud]

What impact will this have on globull warming?

[randomhero97]

ping

[KoRn]

/mark

[BradyLS]

Yeah, but whose FAULT is it??? /s

[ETL]

It may not seem like much, if even true, but I read somewhere that it may affect GPS signals and space craft communications, as these things rely on very precise measurements.

[From The Deer Stand]

Does this mean we’ll have palm trees growing in the northern Wisconsin forests?

[Salamander]

Huh.

That explains the horseshoe crabs and seagulls in my front yard.

[353FMG]

We will now experience GW for sure. Just ask Algore. Expect the BS to start all over again.

It’s like the Obama hellcare — you shall and you must accept it even if the congresscritters themselves have their own preferred healthcare plan.

[capydick]

"Ice Age rebound."

I'm surprised Algore hadnt had this term stricken from the scientific lexicon. Unless it can be spun and interpreted as another way to 'splain globull warming.

[John W]

6.7 aftershock less than an hour ago.

[libbylu]

And shortened days by 1.26 milliseconds from now until...

[shibumi]

"A great disturbance in the force, there is....."

[Rebelbase]

Makes sense.

[lmr]

The wife and I shift the earth’s axis every night...

[hellbender]

Did you have to ax us that question? OK, here goes: Global warming, I mean climate change, will cause the ice caps to melt faster. More icebergs will form, and as they drift south, their mass and that of the last polar bears perched atop them will cause a catastrophic movement of the figure axis. The earth's wobble will increase until it flops over and slews madly around space like a top which has lost momentum. Billions of people will be flung into space. We are doomed unless we pass cap and tax now. Or right after we socialize health care, anyway.

[ETL]

“it is still important to understand how the rotation of the planet changes. “It helps us figure out where a spacecraft is and to navigate it for a precise pinpoint [extraterrestrial] landing,” he said, noting JPL conducted a similar study following 2004’s 9.1-magnitude earthquake in Indonesia.”

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Midmarket/Earthquake-in-Chile-Shortened-Day-Shifted-Axis-NASA-Says-397735/

[Mannaggia l'America]

It's comin' !!!