Posted on 08/26/2006 4:20:53 AM PDT by aculeus
Earth might have spun on its side to keep its balance in the distant past, and could do so again, scientists reported today.
Alaska was suddenly at the equator, the thinking goes.
Scientists already know that the North Pole wanders over time. But a theory known as true polar wander suggests that if a very heavy object, like an oversized volcano forms far from the equator, the force of the planet's rotation would pull the object away from the axis the Earth spins around.
Should a mass such as the very heavy volcano become unbalanced, Earth would tilt and rotate itself until the extra weight moves somewhere near the equator.
Analyzed samples of ancient sediments found in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard show that such an event may have indeed happened in the past.
"The sediments we have recovered from Norway offer the first good evidence that a true polar wander event happened about 800 million years ago," said Adam Maloof, an assistant professor of geosciences at Princeton University. "If we can find good corroborating evidence from other parts of the world as well, we will have a very good idea that our planet is capable of this sort of dramatic change."
(Excerpt) Read more at livescience.com ...
Better balance-out Rosie O'Donut and Mikey Moore!
"Yeah, Butch, I want 'em rotated and balanced.."
A cooler climate for Texas would be good.
(I always try to look on the bright side)
Did not the Egyptians or the aliens build the Pyramids so that they, because of their weight, the big one weighs 12,000,000,000 pounds, would balance and keep the earth stable? Or so I read several times.
"They talked about the magnetic poles reversing in the past and maybe due to do so again."
No problem.
Just have to turn our maps upside down to read them.
Sorry, this is junk science.
The pole wanders slightly, or more accurately the tilt of the earth changes slightly over time between 22.1 degrees and 24.5 degrees and the orbit around the sun wobbles, but the poles have been where they are for 4.4 billion years ever since another planet struck the earth, created the moon and put us on the spin/axis that we have now.
Pole Shift: Predictions and Prophecies of the Ultimate Disaster (Paperback), by John Warren White. It's available at Amazon.com
Wow...the pyramids are global tire weights. That's a new one on me! They say you should learn something new every day, and now that I have, I'm taking the rest of the day off. Thanks! ;-)
The Hab Theory?
I thought woolly mammoths were a cold climate animal.
This one is a proto elephant. Maybe I got the name wrong.
What? Is the global warming threat losing its impact? Now we have to worry about the earth falling over?
The UN must act now to stop this and pass a resolution banning oversized volcano forming far from the equator.
We are DOOMED I tell You!
DOOMED!!!
Goody! I have always wanted snow at Christmas!
It would take one big volcano! Remember the Earth's core is solid iron the size of Mars. I would not lose to much sleep over this.
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