ON THE POSSIBILITY OF DISTURBANCE FOR DYNAMIC BALANCE OF EARTH BY TECHNOGENIC FACTOR

Abstract

The hypothesis about the possible disturbance for Earth’s dynamic balance due to
climate changes of the last 150 years and technogenic impact is considered on the example of the
catastrophic accident of the British Petroleum oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010.
The hypothesis corresponds to the postulate about the inevitability of changes in the interaction
mechanisms of various physical fields due to random microeffects. Based on satellite data, it was
shown that the accident caused a change in the trajectory of the Gulf Stream flow, which led to a
change in temperature, salinity and density of significant ocean masses. A change in the density of
ocean masses in some areas could cause a shift of the center of mass of the Earth by 10–4 m and a
deviation of its axis of rotation by 3.4 · 10–6 ac. It is shown that the process of disturbance the
Earth’s dynamic balance can be accompanied by an increase in the number of relatively weak
earthquakes (in the range of magnitudes 4.2–4.8 by 41.5%) and the intensity of seismic noise (trem-
or) according to the data of broadband seismic networks and satellite GPS navigation. At the same
time, the total value of the seismic energy released remains almost unchanged. The authors substan-
tiate the formulated hypothesis using empirical data, a mathematical model, and calculations.