Humans Have Pumped Enough Groundwater to Change the Tilt of the Earth
Yale E360
JUNE 16, 2023
By pumping groundwater, humans have shifted the distribution of the water on Earth enough to alter the planet's tilt, a new study finds.
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Humans have pumped so much groundwater, we’ve shifted Earth’s axis
New Scientist
JUNE 16, 2023
Changes in the distribution of groundwater around the planet between 1993 and 2010 were enough to make Earth's poles drift by 80 centimetres
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