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Is the earths axis starting to straighten up?

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Is the earths axis starting to straighten up?

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The earth goes through cycles…we have gone through all sorts of ages. Scientists cannot say we are in a global warming…there is no global warming! The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami did not do anything to the Earth’s axis. But the earthquake that caused the tsunami did. The shift of mass and the massive release of energy during the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake (not the tsunami) very slightly altered the Earth’s rotation. Theoretical models suggest the earthquake shortened the length of a day by 2.68 microseconds due to a decrease in the oblateness of the Earth. It also caused the Earth to minutely “wobble” on its axis by up to 2.5 cm (1 in) in the direction of 145° east longitude. However, because of tidal effects of the Moon the length of a day increases at an average of 15 microseconds per year, so any rotational change due to the earthquake will be lost quickly. Similarly, the natural Chandler wobble of the Earth, which in some cases can be up to 15 m (50 ft), will eventually offset

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