EPTShorter Days on Earth?! - Page 2
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gyth
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samachking
Bahrain4949 Posts
Since when were the days stable? It was always variable in terms of milli/microseconds from day to day. Its not exactly 24 x 60 x 60 every day. | ||
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Snet
United States3573 Posts
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enzym
Germany1034 Posts
things you should be aware of here are the following: a handful of degrees increase in average global temperature can make huge changes to climate. climate (local temperature) is related to how long different localities are exposed to sunlight (and also the angle at which it hits the earth). if one earthquake already shitfs the axis by 8cm just think about how many factors of similar or greater magnitude can and do occur and will shift this axis as well, and what this will say about the length of day/night and temperature shifts that come with it. a lot of people say that 1.26 microseconds is no big deal and speak of the proverbial sack of rice in china, but polar icecaps are melting (they are a pretty considerable mass), tectonic plates are moving all the time, earthquakes cannot be averted, supervolcanos exist and asteroids/comets do as well. there are a lot of things that could cause severe problems by shifting the earth rotational axis seeing how easily it can be shifted. and id really like to see the people shouting "who cares" now when their ecosystem collapses. maybe they dont care because a human only lives to 70 (if he makes it that far that is). but that doesnt make the effects of such things any less grave or harmful. | ||
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enzym
Germany1034 Posts
On March 03 2010 22:01 samachking wrote: huh? Since when were the days stable? It was always variable in terms of milli/microseconds from day to day. Its not exactly 24 x 60 x 60 every day. there is the difference though between changing rotational speed alone (and this does happen a lot, but the changes are miniscule) and a shift of the axis of rotation itself as result of an event with impact on the geological scale. also: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00fyl5z | ||
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WheelOfTime
Canada331 Posts
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FaCE_1
Canada6185 Posts
On March 04 2010 02:32 WheelOfTime wrote: What? That's HUGE. That's like, 1/8 of a full second. I'm not even being sarcastic, this IS alarming. lol no alarm is needed for that dude  | ||
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Chef
10810 Posts
Oh well. As long as all of earth's history is erased before I've done anything great, I won't have much to regret. I'll only be pissed if it's after. | ||
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samachking
Bahrain4949 Posts
On March 04 2010 02:28 enzym wrote: there is the difference though between changing rotational speed alone (and this does happen a lot, but the changes are miniscule) and a shift of the axis of rotation itself as result of an event with impact on the geological scale. also: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00fyl5z Yeah thats the documentary where I got it from. Pretty decent documentary. | ||
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CharlieMurphy
United States22895 Posts
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CharlieMurphy
United States22895 Posts
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Kenpachi
United States9908 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + Outdoor Disco!!! | ||
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Ilikestarcraft
Korea (South)17743 Posts
On March 03 2010 17:49 Fontong wrote: Fuck, Jaedong will make 1 less action per day now. haha so good | ||
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Straylight
Canada706 Posts
On March 03 2010 16:52 madnessman wrote: I found this alarming. Even though I giggled at the movie 2012 and its theories, the amount of natural disasters that have occurred lately, and the ability of natural disasters to have such an impact on our planet as to possibly have shifted the Earth's very axis just shocks me. Thoughts? Reactions? I doubt it's that natural disasters are occurring more frequently, it's just that with internet and all you actually hear about shit. A hundred years ago you wouldn't even be aware it happened. | ||
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buickskylark
Canada664 Posts
On March 04 2010 06:55 Straylight wrote: I doubt it's that natural disasters are occurring more frequently, it's just that with internet and all you actually hear about shit. A hundred years ago you wouldn't even be aware it happened. Maybe you couldn't tell from a hundred years ago, but maybe 50 years ago? Or even 20 years ago. It does seem like a lot of big disasters are happening close in time to each other for the last several years. I don't remember there being this many in the 1990s. | ||
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Fulgrim
United States560 Posts
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Huanir
United States85 Posts
On March 04 2010 02:32 WheelOfTime wrote: What? That's HUGE. That's like, 1/8 of a full second. I'm not even being sarcastic, this IS alarming. Microseconds. 1.26 µs = 1.26 * 10^(-6) s, so rather than lose a second every 8 days, we lose a second about every 2200 years. Since there are already leap seconds that indicate our solar day is increasing in average length much faster than earthquakes (such this one and the Indonesian tsunami) are shortening it, I don't think we have to worry about noticing changes in the lengths of our days. As has been said, the bigger problem is the axis-shift. | ||
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