On Sun, 12 Feb 2006 22:35:42 GMT, Charles <ckraft@SPAMTRAP.west.net> wrote:

http://www.michaelmandeville.com/earthmonitor/polarmotion/2006_wobble_anomaly.htm

Since the author of the article mentioned both global warming creating
super storms, and the prophecies of Edgar Cayce, I couldn't help but wonder
if it was just another paranoid rant.

Apparently I was right since he didn't even list the cause of the wobble
correctly. He stated "As is well known, the wobble is generated by the
differential pulling of the Moon and the Sun on the Earth's equatorial
bulge (and any other concentrations of mass in or on the Earth). This
differential pulling is caused by the oblique angles of the orbital planes
which bring the Sun and the Moon alternatively above and below the equator,
thus tending through orbital time to push one side of the Earth or the
other to move faster or slower than the other side to the North or to the
South."

It seems that scientists, such as the folks at NASA, have a different
opinion on the origin of the Chandler wobble.

http://archives.cnn.com/2000/NATURE/07/18/earth.wobble.enn/

"The cause, he reports in the Aug. 1 issue of Geophysical Research Letters
is fluctuating pressure on the bottom of the ocean caused by temperature
and salinity changes and wind-driven changes in the circulation of the
oceans."

"According to his calculations, two-thirds of the Chandler wobble is caused
by ocean-bottom pressure changes. The remaining one-third is the result of
fluctuations in atmospheric pressure. Gross says the effect of atmospheric
winds and ocean currents on the wobble is minor."