Humans pump a huge amount of groundwater, and it's got us akilter. If you've felt a bit off balance, you can blame your ...
First, Earth, does not stand straight up as it orbits the Sun. Instead, it is slightly tilted at an angle of about 23.5 degrees. This tilt is what causes the different seasons throughout the year, and ...
When humans pump groundwater, it has a substantial impact on the tilt of Earth’s rotation. Additionally, a study documents just how much of an influence groundwater pumping has on climate change.
Early in the history of our solar system, something mysteriously knocked Earth slightly off its axis. So today we tilt at 23.5 degrees. But what would happen if we tilted even more? What if ...
Since 1980, Earth's north and south poles have drifted about 13 feet. The poles are where the planet's surface intersects with its axis of rotation — the invisible line running through the ...
The line around which something spins is called an axis. The Earth's axis is tilted at an angle. The Earth’s tilt is the reason for the changing seasons. The top half of the Earth we call ...
Groundwater pumping tilts Earth’s rotation, raising sea levels and impacting climate change globally, according to a new ...
Scientists have discovered that extensive groundwater pumping, totaling 2,150 gigatons between 1993 and 2010, has tilted the ...