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In message <canczdfrmzxoomfj9dbx2fas1t3ynryjx-gpc+djkfbmw2gv...@mail.gmail.com>
, Warner Losh writes:

>what about the effects of glacial melt? Can LOD changes be tied to that?

I did some math on that long time ago, and got a negative.

*) The ice is quite close to the axis of rotation

*) The melt water gets distributed over much bigger surface area than the ice.

*) The change in altitude is very moderate compared to earth radius

*) The mass is very small relative to earth mass.

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