I don't think I have ever seen gravity described as strong before. The whole Earth is pulling me down yet I can jump
this post was submitted on 18 Jan 2025
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An elephant can jump higher than a house
Statement false; neither can jump at all.
elephants can't jump https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJFojq6uCRA
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But if you get one high enough it might start to believe that it can.
Agreed, I'm going to have to see the numbers on that. I don't believe the gravitational attraction of an ice sheet on land would have the effect he's talking about. It's a measurable effect for sure, but the rise from the extra water, land rebound and warming is a much much bigger effect.
He's trying to convince the Dutch not to worry about Greenland? Wtf for? It's one planet my dude, if Greenland melts other places are going to melt as well. Who cares what ice contributes the most? Lot of good that's going to do when your house is below water.
We should be worried about climate change and we should be acting to counteract it. Going around with these nonsense theories doesn't help one bit, even if they are correct which I highly doubt. It just confuses the story, where we require clarity.
Checked other sources: the effect he is talking about causes a local rise of only 1 to 2cm max and isn't even measurable out to 1000km. So 30 meters over 2000km is pure bullshit.
Compare and contrast to the number of metres predicted by 2100 from melted ice and thermal expansion
What are you trying to say? Look at this weird unknown YouTuber who talks nonsense and has 100 views? OK I have seen him, I think 100 views it too much views in my opinion.
I wonder if Pangaea, Gondwana and Laurasia are remnants of repeated climate change along with plate tectonics.
Well, absolutely they they are. They're products of a changing system, and here we are.
...for now, anyway.
...but we weren't