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Does anyone consider the earthquakes that have shook the earth, have considerable effect on the current weather? Wouldn't it seem like a given that if earth's rotation and/or axis was in anyway changed, it would certainly cause a change in weather patterns? I'm not saying humans have no effect, but I believe there is more to it than that and it's too easy of a scapegoat narrative to suit an agenda.
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When the magnitude 9 quake struck in March 2011, it shifted rock and changed the shape of the ocean floor, disrupting the sea level and causing small changes in the strength of the gravity.
This is the first time scientists have seen any variation over time in GOCE’s data, according to an ESA press release. The data lines up with that collected by twin satellites called GRACE — Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment — which is designed to measure changes over time.
The car-sized GOCE caused some worry earlier this fall when it ran out of fuel after its mission ended and started to fall toward Earth. Scientists were unsure where exactly it would enter Earth’s atmosphere, and thus where its pieces would land, but it ultimately fell harmlessly into the southern region of the Atlantic Ocean, according to NBC. The mission’s team will continue to work with the four years’ worth of data, which, according to ESA, is important for our understanding of ocean circulation, sea-level change, volcanic activity and other Earth systems.
https://weather.com/science/news/japan-earthquake-changed-earths-gravity-20131204
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Or maybe not, but cyclical shifts do as does the shifting wobble.
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Those shifts are tiny compared to long-term, cyclical shifts in earth’s movement that can raise or lower the planet’s thermostat. The planet currently leans at a 23.5 degree angle as it circles the sun, causing winter at one end of the globe and summer at the other, as its orientation toward the sun redistributes the amount of sunlight falling on each hemisphere annually. But the seasons can be greatly intensified depending on variations in earth’s tilt over long timescales. Every 41,000 years or so, earth’s tilt shifts about a degree in each direction—the equivalent of nearly 70 miles. At its highest tilt—24.5 degrees—more sunlight falls on the poles; at its lowest—22.1 degrees—more light falls on the equator.
Two other astronomical cycles shape earth’s climate: the changing shape of its elliptical path around the sun every 100,000 years or so, and the shifting wobble of its axis—much like a spinning top—on average, every 21,000 years. All three cycles are caused by the gravitational tug of the moon and the planets in our solar system.
https://phys.org/news/2011-04-big-earthquakes-disrupt-world-weather.html
Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2011-04-big-earthquakes-disrupt-world-weather.html#jCp
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Similar changes to Earth's mass distribution were calculated from GPS data obtained during the 2004 Sumatra earthquake and the 2010 Chile earthquake. In the case of Sumatra, the change in the length of the day was larger: 6.8 microseconds.
But for the Japan earthquake, the change in Earth's wobble was more than twice as large as those calculated for the 2004 and 2010 events.
https://news.nationalgeographic.com...-shortened-days-earth-axis-spin-nasa-science/
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When the magnitude 9 quake struck in March 2011, it shifted rock and changed the shape of the ocean floor, disrupting the sea level and causing small changes in the strength of the gravity.
This is the first time scientists have seen any variation over time in GOCE’s data, according to an ESA press release. The data lines up with that collected by twin satellites called GRACE — Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment — which is designed to measure changes over time.
The car-sized GOCE caused some worry earlier this fall when it ran out of fuel after its mission ended and started to fall toward Earth. Scientists were unsure where exactly it would enter Earth’s atmosphere, and thus where its pieces would land, but it ultimately fell harmlessly into the southern region of the Atlantic Ocean, according to NBC. The mission’s team will continue to work with the four years’ worth of data, which, according to ESA, is important for our understanding of ocean circulation, sea-level change, volcanic activity and other Earth systems.
https://weather.com/science/news/japan-earthquake-changed-earths-gravity-20131204
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Or maybe not, but cyclical shifts do as does the shifting wobble.
=======
Those shifts are tiny compared to long-term, cyclical shifts in earth’s movement that can raise or lower the planet’s thermostat. The planet currently leans at a 23.5 degree angle as it circles the sun, causing winter at one end of the globe and summer at the other, as its orientation toward the sun redistributes the amount of sunlight falling on each hemisphere annually. But the seasons can be greatly intensified depending on variations in earth’s tilt over long timescales. Every 41,000 years or so, earth’s tilt shifts about a degree in each direction—the equivalent of nearly 70 miles. At its highest tilt—24.5 degrees—more sunlight falls on the poles; at its lowest—22.1 degrees—more light falls on the equator.
Two other astronomical cycles shape earth’s climate: the changing shape of its elliptical path around the sun every 100,000 years or so, and the shifting wobble of its axis—much like a spinning top—on average, every 21,000 years. All three cycles are caused by the gravitational tug of the moon and the planets in our solar system.
https://phys.org/news/2011-04-big-earthquakes-disrupt-world-weather.html
Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2011-04-big-earthquakes-disrupt-world-weather.html#jCp
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Similar changes to Earth's mass distribution were calculated from GPS data obtained during the 2004 Sumatra earthquake and the 2010 Chile earthquake. In the case of Sumatra, the change in the length of the day was larger: 6.8 microseconds.
But for the Japan earthquake, the change in Earth's wobble was more than twice as large as those calculated for the 2004 and 2010 events.
https://news.nationalgeographic.com...-shortened-days-earth-axis-spin-nasa-science/