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I wonder if the size and rotation of this thing is substantial enough to produce a gyroscopic effect that impacts the earth's rotation or tilt in some way.
by itronitron 2y ago
I wonder if the size and rotation of this thing is substantial enough to produce a gyroscopic effect that impacts the earth's rotation or tilt in some way.
- defrost 2y ago"Yes" but with a teeny tiny delta that would challenge measurement and specific attribution. Also lost in noise of other chunks doing their thing and the circulation forces in the larger climatic cells that tile the globe. More generally large amounts of mass, in cubic kilometres of ice moving off the Antarctic landmass will have a more noticeable effect, the landmass will lift upwards and the global distribution of mass will change. There are papers on this, it's a search-fu challenge to find a few.
- gcr 2y agoRelevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/162/ https://xkcd.com/162/