Darn! We missed it!
Hans Peter Niesward of the Department of Gravitationsphysik of the ISA in Munich says that we could have stopped global warming if we had all jumped into the air at 11:39:13 GMT today, thereby slightly altering the Earth's orbit and saving the planet.
He wanted bloggers to discuss the project, and it apparently was discussed at some length at certain environmental sites. Sad to say, I didn't learn about World Jump Day until it was too late, so I was unable to either jump myself or encourage you do do so. But he's doing the math now, and will soon tell us at the World Jump Day website whether it worked.
Oh. One more thing: Niesward doesn't really exist. He's actually Torsten Lauschmann, a German-born artist living in Scotland- and the idea is every bit as nutty as it sounds.
He wanted bloggers to discuss the project, and it apparently was discussed at some length at certain environmental sites. Sad to say, I didn't learn about World Jump Day until it was too late, so I was unable to either jump myself or encourage you do do so. But he's doing the math now, and will soon tell us at the World Jump Day website whether it worked.
Oh. One more thing: Niesward doesn't really exist. He's actually Torsten Lauschmann, a German-born artist living in Scotland- and the idea is every bit as nutty as it sounds.
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