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Science
Maryam Kara

Why has Earth's axis tilted by 31.5 inches and what does it mean?

Planet Earth (Nasa/American Institute of Biology/PA) - (PA Media)

Humans may have significantly shifted the Earth’s rotation by 80 centimetres to the east due to large quantities of water being pumped out of the ground.

Findings published in Geophysical Research Letters revealed that between 1993 and 2010 alone, water extraction led an estimated 2,150 billion tonnes to be sucked up from beneath the Earth’s surface.

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