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DIRAC1 suggested in 1937 that the so-called gravitation “constant” f could have been decreasing with time. A decrease of f has important implications—namely, an expansion of the Earth's volume and a decrease of solar radiation2. Expansion will produce regression of the oceans and fracturing of the crust (with apparent migration of continents), and decreasing radiation will make the climate become cooler.
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MACHADO, F. Geological Evidence for a Pulsating Gravitation. Nature 214, 1317–1318 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/2141317a0
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