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If global warming continues over the next one hundred years, it is likely that some polar ice will melt and the water will be distributed closer to the Equator. How would that change the moment of inertia of the Earth

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Answer:

If mass moved from the pole to the equator it would be moving away from the axis of rotation so the moment of inertia would increase.

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