Humans have been identified as the culprits behind a startling shift in Earth’s axis by almost 31.5 inches (nearly 80cm), a recent study reveals.
Climate change researchers uncovered this alarming detail, pointing to human extraction of groundwater as a significant factor that can both alter our planets rotation and contribute to sea level rise.
From their findings, scientists noted the staggering quantity of earth’s water resource redistribution caused an average 0.24-inch increase in sea levels. Between the years 1993 and 2010, this resulted in the movement of Earth’s mass and a consequent drift of its rotational pole at approximately 4.36cm annually.
Seoul National University geophysicist and leading author Ki-Weon Seo remarked, “Earth’s rotational pole actually changes a lot. Our study shows that among climate-related causes, the redistribution of groundwater actually has the largest impact on the drift of the rotational pole.”
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