Scientists: Earth tipping because of climate change

Posted by | April 8, 2016 21:00 | Filed under: Planet

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Melting ice and shifting rain patters are causing the North and South poles to drift.

The north pole is on the run. Although it can drift as much as 10 meters across a century, sometimes returning to near its origin, it has recently taken a sharp turn to the east. Climate change is the likely culprit, yet scientists are debating how much melting ice or changing rain patterns affect the pole’s wanderlust.

The geographical poles—the north and south tips of the axis that the Earth spins around—wobble over time due to small variations in the sun’s and moon’s pulls, and potentially to motion in Earth’s core and mantle. But changes on the planet’s surface can alter the poles, too. They wobble with every season as the distribution of snow and rain change, and over long stretches as well. Roughly 10,000 years ago, for example, Earth woke up from a deep freeze and the massive ice sheets sitting atop what is now Canada melted. As ice mass fled, and the depressed crust rebounded, the distribution of the planet’s mass changed and the north pole started to drift west. This pattern can be clearly seen in data from 1899 onward. But a recent zigzag in the north pole’s path (and the opposite movement in the south pole) suggests a new change is afoot.

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11 responses to Scientists: Earth tipping because of climate change

  1. mea_mark April 8th, 2016 at 21:06

    And they say we shouldn’t be worried … yeah, I believe ya.

  2. Suzanne McFly April 8th, 2016 at 21:09

    We can’t be bothered with this information. Wait till we are 10 feet under water and then we will be ready to listen.

    • Roctuna April 8th, 2016 at 22:09

      Maybe, but I wouldn’t count on it

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    • CandideThirtythree April 9th, 2016 at 22:44

      Not if it cuts into some billionaire’s profits

  3. edsfarm April 8th, 2016 at 21:47

    Wow! May not be able to sleep tonight!!

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  4. oldfart April 9th, 2016 at 00:49

    It’s shifting alright, enough that New York state recently got a change of planting/growing zone season. Our Septembers have been markedly warmer and longer the past few years.
    If folks living in Orlando Florida were smart, they should be considering and investing in beach front property… of their front yard.

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  5. eyelashviper April 9th, 2016 at 10:53

    Santa and the Elves might have to be relocated soon.

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