Spring Arrives a Day Early This Year. Why?

[sleuth]

Now this doesn’t seem right. I mean, when we were all growing up, the first day of spring was always on March 21, not March 20, right? Now all of a sudden spring comes on March 20.

How did that happen?

linkage: http://www.space.com/spacewatch/050318_equinox.html

[Chasey_Lane]

Thanks, Sleuth...my entire year has gone to sh!t.

[aps45819 (Premo)]

Last year was leap year

[sleuth]

Originally Posted by Chasey_Lane

Thanks, Sleuth...my entire year has gone to sh!t.

Maybe this'll make it better. ----->

[Lenny]

Originally Posted by sleuth

linkage: http://www.space.com/spacewatch/050318_equinox.html

It all has to do with global warming and rising of the seas. A warmer globe moves faster through the atmosphere which is less dense due to the higher temperature in the biosphere and all that extra sea water lubricates the spinning of the earth.

Then of course the hole in the ozone layer generates less friction on the earth (if the hole was filled in, there would be more ozone rubbing against the surface of the earth and it would slow down).


:tonguefirmlyincheek:

All this is explained in Michael Chrichton's new book STATE OF FEAR.