Mysterious Shift in Earth's Gravity Suggests Equator is Bulging

space.com ^ | 1 Aug 02 | Robert Roy Britt

[Zathras]

Finally, a use for Nagler's belt.

[SCHROLL]

Young Jerrold Nadler?

[piasa]

In effect, Cox said in an interview, while post-glacial rebound continues to make the Earth rounder, some movement of mass on the surface of the Earth must be making the gravity field flatter. It's not a change anyone could notice; it's only revealed by sensitive satellite measurements.

The world can still blame us... probably based on all of us obese Americans moving around.

[Pagey]

"...But we need more data..." Cox said.

Interpreted means,I need more funding,so I can tell you again in several years, "...We need more data..." Just ask for the Funding O.K.? Leave the data out of it.Oh,and Like someone said before,#42 and his (excuse for a) spouse,did move North in the timespan mentioned.Surely the baggage they brought to Washington from their beloved Arkansas,has something to do w/ this. LOL

[Libertarianize the GOP]

fyi

[RedBloodedAmerican]

"I wuz robbed"

[RedBloodedAmerican]

ping

[RedBloodedAmerican]

Oh hush. Go spout somewhere else.

[cmsgop]

LOL!!!!

[RedBloodedAmerican]

Now dont go making fun of ol retarded Al Gore. Someones liable to flame ya.

[Genesis defender]

Great. Now I'm hungry.

But I'd better not. My equator has expanded a little too much lately.

[desertcry]

This must mean there will be more than 24hrs. in a day. Just
like people, Earth will slow down (it's rotation) as it gets fatter. I hope I will get compensated for overtime.

[Looking for Diogenes]

I remember an article in the L.A. Times many years back on the topic of geodetics, the geometry of the earth. One paragraph began: "Earth appears round to the casual observer."

I always wondered what 'casual observer' they meant. Space aliens whizzing by?

[desertcry]

move away from the equator of hillary clinton Sorry to disagree, it is the hot foul gases that the bitch have been releasing for more than 9 years that's melting all of ice on the poles. How about that, al gore?

[Political Junkie Too]

Quick!! Somebody call the California Air Resources Board! We must get ALL the cars off the roads now. The cars are causing gravity to break.

-PJ

[Dick Vomer]

How do you download photos and cartoons and attach them to this site.?????

[Texaggie79]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA ............. wait wait HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[CROSSHIGHWAYMAN]

I know exactly what's happening but...............

I won't tellllllllll....................

[blam]

"Shifts in huge ocean currents -- similar to El Nino but on larger scales and moving in a north-south direction -- might transport enough water toward the equator to account for the flattened gravity field. One such cycle is called the Pacific Decadal Oscillation."

The front page of the september issue of Discover Magazine is devoted to "The Coming Ice Age." They're detecting a change in the salinity of the water (a large pool of fresh water) in the northern areas. They are saying that this fresh water 'build-up' could shut down the gulf stream and throw us into another Little Ice Age like it did, 1300-1850AD. This could happen as quickly as two years.

[AdA$tra]

...flowing underground and collecting at the equator...

You may be on to something sort of. If you think about it. If, and I do mean if, the polar ice was melting somewhat, then the ocean levels might not rise to make beach front property in Oklahoma. With the Earth spining, the water would obviously go to the Equator and widen the girth. I suppose also being further from the center of rotation it could also have effect on the velocity. I have always beleived that the water levels would not rise any more than the water in a glass rises when you melt the ice anyway, but fluid would be re-distributed by centrifugal force....maybe. But of course what do I know anyway? I heard it might be cooler here tomorrow and that would be nice.