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Wednesday, 01 October 2014
Look out, Climate Change is causing a shift in the Earth's gravity, and Guam might tip over!
Rep. Hank Johnson, please call your office.
According to the European Space Agency, Climate Change is altering the Earth's gravitational field, which, if we're not careful, could quite possibly disrupt the balance of, well, everything.
Gravity — yes, gravity — is the latest victim of climate change in Antarctica. That's the stunning conclusion announced Friday by the European Space Agency.
"The loss of ice from West Antarctica between 2009 and 2012 caused a dip in the gravity field over the region," writes the ESA, whose GOCE satellite measured the change. Apparently, melting billions of tons of ice year after year has implications that would make even Isaac Newton blanch.
To be fair, the change in gravity is very small. It's not like you'll float off into outer space on your next vacation to the Antarctic Peninsula.
We've gotta watch out! And Do Something, Dammit!. Because even minute changes in gravity could be problematic for a small, precarious island like Guam.
In a discussion regarding a planned military buildup on the Pacific island, [Rep. Hank] Johnson [D-Ga.] expressed some concerns about the plans to Adm. Robert Willard, head of the U.S. Pacific fleet.
"My fear is that the whole island will become so overly populated that it will tip over and capsize," Johnson said. Willard paused and replied, "We don't anticipate that."
Who knew Climate Change could be so dangerous?
As for the melting sea ice, it's reappearing elsewhere, faster than it's been melting.
So Guam is probably safe. For now.
Posted at 11:16 by Chris Wysocki
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