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It is more complicated than that. The effect is minuscule and won't matter for the next million years.
by sprash 7y ago
It is more complicated than that. The effect is minuscule and won't matter for the next million years.
- pfdietz 7y agoSo, are you claiming wind can change the total angular momentum of the Earth + atmosphere?
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- sprash 7y agoYes because Earth is not a closed system. If you reduce the speed of rotation and radiate the acquired Energy into space the total angular momentum (in the universe) stays the same but the angular momentum of only Earth + atmosphere changes.
- pfdietz 7y agoTides, I could see, maybe. But wind? How is this going to have any non-negligible effect? The gravitational coupling of the atmosphere to the Sun or Moon is small. The transport of angular momentum from the Earth by radiation is very small, and the change in that due to changes in wind is even smaller.