Climate Spin Masters Put the Spin on Spin

Jo Nova has a very funny post up today. It's all about the supposed manner in which climate change — that evil man-made dragon in the minds of the cultists, and money machine in the minds of grifters — has changed the rate the Earth spins. What's most interesting is the manner in which different media spin masters are spinning the story of the spinning.

This is from the most recent version from LiveScience.com:

The length of Earth's days and the orientation of our planet are being thrown out of balance as human-caused climate change continuously alters Earth's spin, new research suggests.…

Over the past few decades, the rate of ice loss from Earth's polar regions, particularly Greenland and Antarctica, has been increasing rapidly due to global warming, leading to rising sea levels.

Most of this extra water accumulates near the equator, causing our planet to bulge slightly around the middle.

This, in turn, slows the planet's spin because more weight is distributed farther away from the planet's center — similar to how spinning figure skaters slow down by moving their arms away from their bodies…

Scientists previously found that this effect has likely been happening for at least the past three decades. However, the new study suggests the axis will move even farther from its current position than previous studies predicted.

Horrors!

Source: NickyPe

But, wait…this is from BBC Science Focus:

In 2020 scientists made a startling discovery. They found that, instead of slowing down, the Earth has started to spin faster. It is now spinning faster than at any time in the last 50 years. In fact, the shortest 28 days on record all occurred during 2020.

As yet, scientists are not entirely sure what is causing this increase in Earth’s rotation rate, but some have suggested it could be due to the melting of glaciers during the 20th Century, or the accumulation of large quantities of water in northern hemisphere reservoirs. However, experts predict that this speeding up is a temporary effect and the Earth will start slowing down again in the future.

But, for now, should we be worried? Although it will have no effect on our daily lives, there could be serious implications for technology such as GPS satellites, smartphones, computers and communication networks, all of which rely on extremely accurate timing systems. But such problems are ultimately surmountable, perhaps simply by subtracting a leap second rather than adding one.

Hmm…who to believe?

Is there any better illustration that we are being spun on the subject of the supposed climate crisis? I don’t think so.

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