If we could reduce the Earth's gravity by just a few percentage points it would have a drastic difference on everything. Humans would feel peppier and not have so much wear and tear other bodies, which would probably increase their lifespan. Trees would grow much taller and in more abundance, and better able to suck more of the CO2 out of the atmosphere.
Waves in the ocean would also change, perhaps for the better, and there would be more evaporation, along with more clouds in the atmosphere, thus, more rain delivering freshwater to drought ridden areas. Yes indeed, it would also cause the sun to be blocked out a little more, which would help cool things a bit.
If mankind had the ability to change the gravity here on earth by 6% or less should they do it? Should they tinker with Mother Nature or screw around with a so-called perfect system of cycles, weather, and everything we know? What about plate tectonics, this would change too. Less gravity might mean more volcanoes and more quakes at first, then perhaps fewer after that, along with all the positive things.
The water levels would rise, but so too would the landmass, and hopefully we'd still have enough gravity to hold the mood in place and not let it drift away, into a situation which could later cause it to come back and hit the earth which would be catastrophic indeed.
Well, until we have a supercomputer to figure out all the ramifications we shouldn't change the gravity of your Earth even if one day we develop technology to do so. I hope you have enjoyed this intellectual thought for the day.
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