2012
Chilean Quake May Have Shortened Earth Days
JPL research scientist Richard Gross computed how Earth’s rotation should have changed as a result of the Feb. 27 quake. Using a complex model, he and fellow scientists came up with a preliminary calculation that the quake should have shortened the length of an Earth day by about 1.26 microseconds (a microsecond is one millionth of a second).
Perhaps more impressive is how much the quake shifted Earth’s axis. Gross calculates the quake should have moved Earth’s figure axis (the axis about which Earth’s mass is balanced) by 2.7 milliarcseconds (about 8 centimeters, or 3 inches).
Earth’s figure axis is not the same as its north-south axis; they are offset by about 10 meters (about 33 feet).
By comparison, Gross said the same model estimated the 2004 magnitude 9.1 Sumatran earthquake should have shortened the length of day by 6.8 microseconds and shifted Earth’s axis by 2.32 milliarcseconds (about 7 centimeters, or 2.76 inches).
Gross said that even though the Chilean earthquake is much smaller than the Sumatran quake, it is predicted to have changed the position of the figure axis by a bit more for two reasons.
First, unlike the 2004 Sumatran earthquake, which was located near the equator, the 2010 Chilean earthquake was located in Earth’s mid-latitudes, which makes it more effective in shifting Earth’s figure axis.
Second, the fault responsible for the 2010 Chiliean earthquake dips into Earth at a slightly steeper angle than does the fault responsible for the 2004 Sumatran earthquake.
This makes the Chile fault more effective in moving Earth’s mass vertically and hence more effective in shifting Earth’s figure axis.
Gross said the Chile predictions will likely change as data on the quake are further refined.
Source: NASA
2012
2013: The End of Days or a New Beginning: Envisioning the World After the Events of 2012
The 5,125-yearlong Mayan calendar ends on December 21, 2012, which many claim portends a massive global transformation. Some dread its arrival, believing it will be the beginning of the end. Others await it with delicious anticipation, expecting it to be the catalyst for a quantum leap of consciousness, the dawning of a true New Age.
Others wonder if anything at all will occur–remember Y2K?
2013: The End of Days or a New Beginning: Envisioning the World After the Events of 2012 examines all of the popular myths, prophecies, and predictions circulating about 2012, including the Mayan teachings of time acceleration and global awakening on a consciousness level. Furthermore it takes an in-depth look at lesser-known predictions and prophecies, and at the more scientific and reality-based challenges we will face.
Some of the questions this book explores include:
* Will cosmic and earthly chaos disrupt our lives with destructive sunspot cycles, volcanic super-eruptions, monster storms, mass extinctions, and asteroid threats?
* Will huge leaps in technology create bionic humans, computers that think, and an end to all disease–possibly even death itself?
* Will economic and geopolitical powers shift out of the West and into the “the New Eurasia,” with new wars being fought over dwindling resources as global warming takes its toll?
* Will this be the evolution revolution of human consciousness–or the final countdown that leads to Armageddon itself?
* Will it be the apocalypse so many have feared–or the rebirth of the world and the transformation of humanity?
There is much, much more to the 2012 enigma than just an ancient calendar, and 2013: The End of Days or a New Beginning? will prove it.
<a target=”_blank” href=”http://www.amazon.com/Marie-D.-Jones/e/B001JPA3KC/?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&linkCode=ur2&tag=3xstrange-20″>Marie D. Jones</a><img src=”https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=3xstrange-20&l=ur2&o=1″ width=”1″ height=”1″ border=”0″ alt=”” style=”border:none !important; margin:0px !important;” /> is the coauthor of Supervolcano: The Catastrophic Event That Changed the Course of Human History and PSIence: How New Discoveries in Quantum Physics and New Science May Explain the Existence of Paranormal Phenomena.
She is a widely published writer with hundreds of credits, including dozens of inspirational gift books and five Chicken Soup for the Soul books.
She is also a licensed New Thought Minister and spiritual counselor with a background in metaphysical studies. She has appeared on numerous radio shows including Coast to Coast A.M. and Darkness Radio.
2012
As Temperature Rises, Earth Breathes Faster, and Maybe Harder
The critical question is whether soils release more CO2 because faster-growing plants pump more in, or if soils release CO2 that would have stayed in the ground at lower temperatures.
If the latter, the fresh influx of CO2 could produce a self-reinforcing cycle, producing higher temperatures that cause even more CO2 to be released.
Carbon dioxide enters the soil through the roots of living plants and from the decaying bodies of dead plants, and is processed by microbes, fungi and insects. Over time, some of that CO2 releases back into the atmosphere.
At any given time, there’s about twice as much CO2 in Earth’s soils as in its atmosphere.
Because more heat means more energy and faster chemical reactions, Earth scientists have suspected that rising global temperatures would increase the rate of soil respiration.
The last review of soil respiration studies (.pdf) took place in 1992, however, and though it found a link between temperature and respiration rates, data was relatively sparse.
Whatever the anomaly’s explanation, that data was still included when global soil-respiration rates were calculated and the rise identified.
What’s not clear from the analysis is whether soil-respiration rates have increased without actually affecting atmospheric balances of CO2, or if CO2 that would have remained earthbound is now being released.
Source: Pwired.com
2012
Earthquake in Chile moved city 9 feet
Preliminary measurements obtained from global positioning stations show that Concepcion, the second city of Chile, moved 3.04 meters (around 10′) to the west by the tremor.
Santiago, the Chilean capital, moved 27.7 centimeters (11″) to the west, according to measurements made by Chilean and American experts and published by Ohio State University.
The earthquake in Chile moved to the city of Buenos Aires, by 4 inches to the west, and was felt in the Falkland Islands in the Atlantic.
Read also: Chilean Quake May Have Shortened Earth Days
Source: G1
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