Moving the poles
2023-06-15 19:02:15.412693+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
We've pumped so much groundwater that we've measurably shifted the earth's axis of rotation.
WASHINGTON — By pumping water out of the ground and moving it elsewhere, humans have shifted such a large mass of water that the Earth tilted nearly 80 centimeters (31.5 inches) east between 1993 and 2010 alone, according to a new study published in Geophysical Research Letters, AGU’s journal for short-format, high-impact research with implications spanning the Earth and space sciences.