Thursday, June 22, 2023

Human impact on Earth's tilt leaves researchers 'surprised and concerned'

https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/human-impact-on-earths-tilt-leaves-researchers-surprised-and-concerned

study shows that among climate-related causes, the redistribution of groundwater actually has the largest impact on the drift of the rotational pole."

What's more, the extracted groundwater that ended up in the oceans may have boosted global sea level rise by around 0.25 inch (6.24 millimeters). "Groundwater depletion is a significant contributor to sea level rise," the researchers wrote in the study, published June 15 in the journal Geophysical Research Letters. 

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