Anything Under The Sun

These past few months, mega earthquakes have been experience by countries that resulted to a great number of casualties. There’s the Haitian Earthquake, there’s the Chilean Earthquake, and some tremors were also reported in other part of the world. But can an earthquake have the capability to affect the Earth’s axis? The answer is yes. But not all mega earthquakes can influence the Earth’s rotation. That kind of earthquake that hit Chile recently can do the thing. Experts in NASA, as I have read in articles and news, Chilean earthquake has shortened the day for a milliarcsecond. This may not be that evident at all but it still cannot be denied that in some way or another can be a factor to another phenomenon that Earth might experience or have already experienced.

How can an earthquake like that in Chile has affected the Earth’s axis?

It has something to do with the weight that becomes heavier in the end or bottom part of the earth. This was due to the sliding of the earth’s plate that caused the earthquake. To make the concept easier to comprehend try doing this illustration:
Get a slingshot; put a light stone in it. Try to swing it in circular motion, and then observe the speed of the swinging. Now, this time try swinging the slingshot with a heavier stone. You will notice that the swinging is faster for the heavier stone compared with the lighter one. This has the same concept of how that earthquake in Chile had affected the Earth’s axis. Ooops, take note that not all tremors will do the same impact to the Earth’s rotation, else… hmmmn… it will be disastrous.

People devices plans and strategies to conserve resources. There’s even declaring a day for a special event for everyone to support and be aware of like the World Water Day. This event is being supported and celebrated worldwide.

Its World Water Day today, March 22 and few more days to go comes the Earth Hour. Let’s leave for the meantime the Earth Hour and take a glimpse at the message the World Water Day is impressing to us. We may think that this is all about using water wisely or conserving the water resources.

As I think of it, I believe the message being conveyed by the event being celebrated today is more than preservation of water but for us to be a responsible individual; an individual who is rational and is capable of thinking; an individual who in very most cases had caused challenges encountered in water resources; also an individual who, though cannot change the past, is still in great capability to change and mold the future… to pass the lesson of being a responsible one in utilizing and preserving water from generations to generations.

May the Earth Water Day be celebrated not only every March 22nd of the year but also in every day of our lives and may this event make us aware in our every use of water… in every drop of water.

Earth Hour is being celebrated yearly every last Saturday of March.
This phenomena started in Sydney in 2007. Cities and areas in different countries followed the practice after the year it was conceived. Then in 2009, the participants have increased incredibly ten times it was in 2008.

Does this mean that people around the world starts to care for the planet?

Is the climate change really a threat to the mankind?

Well, it will only take each individual or each group an hour to participate in this worthwhile event. Yes, there will be a great saving of power consumption but the event is conveying a message more than that. A message that encourages everyone to unite and be a responsible individual to preserve the planet. Whatever damages the earth have incurred is no longer reversible but one thing is for sure we can still shape the future with our hopes and action...having the vision to preserve and utilize wisely whatever the natural resources we have now.

This is a battle that all of us needs to win. This is not a law of the jungle for everyone to survive. Be responsible... be accountable... be aware... and lets all act together in unity to face and resolve the issue the earth is facing now... the CLIMATE CHANGE.