Earth
August 31, 2003 07:22 AM
Our Earth: Spinning faster, covered in filth:
According to Understanding Earth, our planet’s mass is 5.976x10^27 grams, i.e., much heavier even than the biggest S.U.V. Yet we humans have managed to speed up the Earth’s rotation enough to shorten each day by 10 microseconds by impounding water behind dams in rich countries, which tend be at high latitudes.
