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Is Global Warming Behind Earth's Gravity Shifting?

Posted by timothy on from the they're-in-it-with-the-aliens dept.

MichaelH writes "The good folks at JPL along with the Royal Observatory of Belgium have an explanation for the recent changes in Earth's magnetic field: the melting of sub-polar glaciers causing a mass shift towards the equator. Starting in 1997, a noticeable change in Earth's gravitational field was observed; Earth was beginning to develop a 'bulging waistline.' Sounds like it's time for a diet with fewer greenhouse gases...."

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  1. Belgium? by Trusty+Penfold · · Score: -1, Troll


    I didn't think Belgium was big enough to have an observatory!

  2. Re:I don't think so by redshift-systems · · Score: -1, Troll

    Actually, global warming is really happening. It's largely coming from hot air from fat Americans.