Jet Propulsion Laboratory
2023-06-16 @ 18.04.59 ∈ In English
We’ve pumped so much groundwater that we’ve nudged the Earth’s spin, says new study
By pumping water out of the ground and moving it elsewhere, humans have shifted such a large mass of water that the Earth tilted nearly 80 centimeters (31.5 inches) east between 1993 and 2010 alone, according to a new study published in Geophysical Research Letters.