Is The Earth's Rotation Changing?

Roland Piquepaille writes "We all know about the current controversies associated with the ozone layer or the global warming phenomenon. Now, the NASA's Earth Science Enterprise (ESE) is warning us that atmospheric changes or El Niño events can affect the Earth's rotation. During El Niño years, for example, the rotation of the Earth may slow ever so slightly because of stronger winds, increasing the length of a day by a fraction of a millisecond. David A. Salstein, an atmospheric scientist from Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc., led a recent study about this possible effect. Salstein looked at meteorological and astronomical measurements from different sources and found they were in good agreement. Check this column for a synthesis. For technical explanations, images and animations, please read this NASA paper, Changes in the Earth's rotation are in the wind."

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Re:Hey, subscriptions aren't working...

[PunchMonkey]

...cause I don't have one, and the title is a red-bar.

SSSsssshhhhhhh!!! Keep quiet. Or they might also notice that everyone has a free subscription to the bsd section. Every story there shows up with a red title bar!!!

Re:Oh great,

[MojoMonkey]

Too bad I don't have mod points, I'd mod this up to insightful. ESPECIALLY after reading the post directly above it.

Offtopic

[the_bean42]

It's funny because it's true !

Ok, damn offtopic and you deserve an offtopic mod, but still...

I'm brave enough not to post anonymously.

Re:But what about the moon?

[the_2nd_coming]

who ever modded this dude Troll is an ignorent moron. the moon will be gone one day and we will be in deep shit becasue we will lose all control of out axis which will destroy any seeasons and we will have no polar ice caps etc.