I'm very uncomfortable with this...I don't see 'Is the earth growing?' as an ATM concept.

1) This is a curious observational phenomenon. Is there an ATM theory that explains or predicts this?

2) I don't know of any mainstream concepts that would forbid the earth from being in a period of expansion.

3) The data in-hand is ambiguous - The tectonic plates do have stretch marks, and satellites have measured an increase in the global girth.

Is it clear that there is enough displacement of material from the poles to explain the broadening at the belt? This seems to me to be a subject that needs to be understood, not counter bb/gr/whatever drool.

Most important, the data is coming in on this subject all the time - a 30 day timer is very inappropriated for a topic that is actively being investigated.

Enceladus has very obvious stretch marks. What is happening? How do we find out? Is it ATM to suggest Enceladus is expanding?

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It's a big universe out there...is it really unwinding, really burning out?