Shakeup

As the Earth turns, day by day, more and more countries are becoming “civilized” and consuming natural resources. As a result of the increased industrialization, to include the burning of fossil fuels, we have the much-talked about “Global Warming”. So far, much of the discussion pertaining to Global Warming has revolved around rising temperatures (or lowering ones, depending upon what part of Earth you are on), and rising sea levels as the polar caps begin to melt.

There are more potential problems, perhaps, of much graver consequence. Consider this: The ice caps at the north and south poles continue to melt, over hundreds of thousands – maybe even millions of square miles, even an inch per year or less. Think of the weight that is being lost on those poles. And, at the same time, immeasurable volumes of water begin to fill the great reservoirs of Earth – the Oceans and seas. Sure, California may lose a few inches of coastline – eventually a few feet or even, maybe, miles. But what of the added weight on middle Earth?

The weight of the additional water in the oceans and seas of Earth, combined with lightened poles, makes for the potential of the ‘squeeze’ effect. What happens when you squeeze the middle of a lemon? Of course, the middle gets smaller, and stuff comes pouring out of the end. Earth is no lemon, but might we, one day, begin to see plate movements (i.e. Earthquakes) on a grander scale than ever before?

As recently as a year ago, in Iran, we saw a major quake that killed tens of thousands of people. In late December 2004, a quake in the middle of the Indian Ocean, which caused Tsunamis that, in turn, created havoc around that whole region of the Earth, killing more than a hundred and fifty thousand human beings.

Is this only the beginning? A foreshadowing of things to come? Or, perhaps, history repeating itself?

Scientists theorize that the dinosaur age was ended prematurely by a major shift in the Earth’s axis. They do not know what might cause such a shift... but when the Earthquakes of a week ago happened, it shifted the Earth’s axis by a few inches. Just one quake. 4 inches isn’t going to make a big difference in our weather patterns, they say.... but what if... that were just the start of some exciting changes.