"It's a Small World After All"
From the AFP (courtesy of Jack):
Regardless, I blame the shrinking earth for all the difficulties I have locating caches with my handheld GPSr when we are out geocaching.
The world is smaller than first thought, German researchers at the University of Bonn said on Thursday.Jack suggests, tongue-in-cheek I hope, that the earth is shrinking because of global warming.
They took part in an international project to measure the diameter of the world that showed it is five millimetres (0.2 inches) smaller than the last measurement made five years ago.
Dr Axel Nothnagel, who led the Bonn researchers, told AFP the difference was crucial in the study of climate change.
"It may seem a very small difference, but it is essential for the positioning of the satellites that can measure rises in sea level.
"They must be accurate to the millimetre. If the ground stations tracking the satellites are not accurate to the millimetre, then the satellites cannot be accurate either."
Regardless, I blame the shrinking earth for all the difficulties I have locating caches with my handheld GPSr when we are out geocaching.
Category: Eclectic Miscellany, Global Warming Posted on
Monday, July 9, 2007 at 1:07am
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The shrinking is caused by the evil corporations stealing coal from Good Mother Earth. Oh evil mankind has made his own punisment, ensured his own demise!