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Deadly earthquakes could hit a billion people next year because of Earth's slowing rotation
www.dailymail.co.uk/ ^ | Nov 20, 2017 | By Phoebe Weston For Mailonline

Posted on 11/20/2017 7:59:14 AM PST by 11th_VA

- Slight fluctuations will release mammoth amounts of underground energy

- Next year we could have at least 20 serious earthquakes, scientists warn

- The most intense ones are expected to occur in tropical regions

Swarms of devastating earthquakes are set to arrive next year due to the slowing of Earth's rotation, scientists claim.

Experts warn we 'had it easy this year' with just six severe earthquakes.

Next year we could have at least 20 serious earthquakes, and the most intense ones are expected to occur in tropical regions, home to around one billion people.

Tiny changes in the speed of our planet's rotation will trigger huge seismic activity by releasing vast amounts of underground energy, experts claim - although their research has been rejected by some scientists.

The planet's rotation is slowing down because of tidal forces between Earth and the moon.

The side of Earth closest to the moon feels its pull the strongest, while the side farthest from the moon feels its gravity less.

That difference in gravitational pull stretches the Earth, which causes tidal bulges.

These bulges pull the moon closer or farther away from Earth by around 4cm per year.

The moon exerts the opposite force on them, pulling them back toward it, creating friction and slowing down the planet's rotation.

The time the Earth takes to make a complete rotation on its axis varies by about a millionth of a second per day.

While the rotational rate hasn't declined evenly, the average day has grown longer by between 15 millionths and 25 millionths of a second every year.


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To: 11th_VA

21 posted on 11/20/2017 8:07:15 AM PST by aspasia
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To: 11th_VA

It seems to me that any slow-down would later be compensated with a speed-up to conserve energy. Not saying that the slow down wouldn’t cause some effects. And maybe the speed-up again would do the same.


22 posted on 11/20/2017 8:07:39 AM PST by fwdude (Why is it that the only positive things to come out of LGBT organizations are their AIDS tests?)
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To: Telepathic Intruder; 11th_VA
"These bulges pull the moon closer to or farther away from Earth by around 4cm per year."

Well, that's one way to be sure: simply state that it's going to be one or the other ... 50% either way (with 100% certainty of finally being correct).

23 posted on 11/20/2017 8:07:45 AM PST by BlueLancer (ANTIFA - The new and improved SturmAbteilung)
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To: 11th_VA

The solution is obvious:

A global tax to stop the slowing rotation of the earth.


24 posted on 11/20/2017 8:07:57 AM PST by Signalman
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To: Buckeye McFrog

It’s too many people.
When islands like Guam tip over, it causes the earth to bulge.
Don’t you know anything about settled science?
Clearly Planned Parenthood needs to be put in charge of the solution.


25 posted on 11/20/2017 8:10:02 AM PST by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)
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To: Buckeye McFrog
Byproduct from the Earth’s Core = OIL
26 posted on 11/20/2017 8:10:11 AM PST by butlerweave
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To: Signalman

We need to build a GIANT bottle Rocket, Secure it to Mt. Washington, and set it off. That should help speed up the rotation.


27 posted on 11/20/2017 8:10:34 AM PST by 11th_VA (Kudos to President Trump for denouncing ALL violence)
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To: 11th_VA

***to the slowing of Earth’s rotation, scientists claim. **

I’ve often read that the human body was designed for a 25 hour day. this slower rotation will give us our hour back!
So why the panic now!


28 posted on 11/20/2017 8:10:48 AM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: 11th_VA

Sounds like a young reporter just discovered SCIENCE! and that the universe is a scary place.


29 posted on 11/20/2017 8:10:48 AM PST by ctdonath2 (It's not "white privilege", it's "Puritan work ethic". Behavior begets consequences.)
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To: robroys woman

You mean like in California? Wouldn’t be bad if it just affected the liberals.


30 posted on 11/20/2017 8:11:01 AM PST by New Jersey Realist ( (Be Nice To Your Kids. They Will Pick Out Your Nursing Home))
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To: 11th_VA
The good news is, we won't have to worry about Global Warming ...

Are you kidding? This is because of global warming!!!!

(Do I really need the tag?)

31 posted on 11/20/2017 8:11:15 AM PST by henkster
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To: Signalman
The solution is obvious: A global tax to stop the slowing rotation of the earth.

With a promo video starring Leo DiCaprio telliing us how rising seas could capsize his yacht.

32 posted on 11/20/2017 8:12:01 AM PST by MamaDearest
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda
Man made global rotation slowing.

Al Gore has a chart...


33 posted on 11/20/2017 8:12:05 AM PST by DannyTN
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To: Telepathic Intruder

LOL! When I read that I suddenly questioned the entire article.


34 posted on 11/20/2017 8:12:18 AM PST by BBQToadRibs
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To: BenLurkin
“Women and minorities hardest hit!”

That’s kind of what I was thinking too. 😊👍

35 posted on 11/20/2017 8:12:55 AM PST by Mark17 (Genesis chapter 1 verse 1. In the beginning GOD....And the rest, as they say, is HIS-story)
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To: 11th_VA

Get your rotation credits!!!!

Rotation Credits Here!

3 for $1!

Get your rotation credits!!!


36 posted on 11/20/2017 8:13:30 AM PST by DannyTN
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To: MrEdd

I knew this was going to happen when we added so many leap seconds ...


37 posted on 11/20/2017 8:13:39 AM PST by 11th_VA (Kudos to President Trump for denouncing ALL violence)
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To: 11th_VA

My long fossil fueled commute is at fault somehow.


38 posted on 11/20/2017 8:13:54 AM PST by Yaelle
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To: 11th_VA

We should publicize that carbon dioxide in the atmosphere acts as a lubricant and helps to keep the Earth spinning at constant rate avoiding any earthquake producing slow down.

Anyone who dares challenge this assertion needs to be labeled a “rotational denier” and must be shunned, exiled or potentially executed for their heresy.

And we will need $ for further studies that will reconfirm our settled science. Lots and lots of $$.


39 posted on 11/20/2017 8:13:59 AM PST by Freedumb
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To: Freedumb

Are these purported “scientists” nitwits in search of more grant money to steal...or what?


40 posted on 11/20/2017 8:14:51 AM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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