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It has been a long time since I had physics and I never really understood angular momentum very well. Given that, melting glaciers would result in water (mass) going from mountains to sea level. Watching an ice skater pull her arms in to her body she goes faster. Why would water going toward the center of mass make the earth slow down? I think someone is weak in science.

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Melting glaciers blamed for subtle slowing of Earth rotation
By: ribit
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Tue, 15 Dec 15 7:37 PM
Msg. 01288 of 47202

Melting glaciers blamed for subtle slowing of Earth's rotation

http://news.yahoo.com/melting-glaciers-blamed-subtle-slowing-earths-rotation-183455445.html

...is there nothing in the universe that is not being blamed on global warming?


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