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Humans have pumped so much groundwater, we’ve shifted Earth’s axis (archive.is)

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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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[–] majorgator13@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thats kinda wild. Really shows how everything we do has unintended consequences.

[–] KnittingTrekker@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Exactly my thoughts!

[–] geoffervescent@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

This feels relatively pop sciencey and I have a strong intuition that the actual research paper won't be quite as conclusive as the article makes it out to be.

[–] MattTheProgrammer@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Doesn't the Earth wobble naturally though? I'm pretty skeptical that this article is true.

[–] SacredTreeJack@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is a short article. It talks about that.

[–] MattTheProgrammer@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I'll give it a read, I suppose.

[–] Darzzake@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

To thoses how want to know more, here's the paper cited by the article:
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023GL103509