Humans Have Pumped Enough Groundwater to Shift Earth’s Rotational Pole, Study Says

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By Paige BennettJun 16, 2023, 7:15 pm151 pts
In a new study, geophysicists have determined that Earth’s rotational pole has shifted almost one meter in a 20-year period due to groundwater being pumped from one location and moved elsewhere. Researchers found that pumping and moving groundwater led the Earth’s rotational axis to shift about 80…

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