EARTH IS LOSING MASS

There are three basic processes altering the mass on Earth. First, there are meteors, asteroids and other particulates from space that enter Earth's atmosphere, resulting in an increase of mass. Second, there are gases that escape from the Earth's atmosphere, causing a decrease in mass. Finally, mass can be converted to energy on Earth, which eventually can escape Earth's atmosphere, also causing a decrease in mass ( this is by far the most complicated process, and also the one accounting for the smallest change, by far. Overall, these processes are estimated to combine for a net loss of 5.5 * 10'7 kg per year. Compared to the Earth's total mass of 6* 10'24 kg, this is miniscule. Think of having three Boeing 747's fully loaded with sand and removing one grain of sand per year. It will take a quadrillion years before the current rate of mass loss produces a 1 percent difference in the Earth's gravity. So if the Earth had been around at the Big Bang, we would currently be 1/100,000th of the way to a 1 percent change in mass and gravity.