Earth’s Axis Has Shifted 31.5 Inches Since 1993 Due to Groundwater Pumping, Study Finds
Earth Has Tilted 31.5 Inches Since 1993 — and It’s Because of Us
Earth’s Axis Has Shifted 31.5 Inches Since 1993 Due to Groundwater Pumping, Study Finds
Earth Has Tilted 31.5 Inches Since 1993 — and It’s Because of Us
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It’s wild to think our everyday actions, like pumping water out of the ground for farming and drinking, can actually change how the Earth spins. This study confirms human activity is literally heavy enough to shift the planet’s axis. This points to a huge future challenge: we have to figure out much better ways to manage our water resources globally. If we keep going like this, we’re looking at major problems down the road, from faster sea-level rise to who knows what else. We need new tech and smart policies now to deal with our impact on a planetary scale.
I simply can not take any science seriously measured in “inches”.
What about the trillions of gallons of oil that have been pumped out of the Earth in the last 100 years?
Similarly, the water reservoir of the Three Gorges Dam in China is so massive that it slows down the earth’s rotation by 0.06 microseconds per day.
Wait is that a problem? Is it a situation where its moved 30 inches and thats it, or is it something like its destabilized and the north pole is just gonna travel now until it finds a new stability point?