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Climate Change Has Shifted the Axis of the Earth
New research says that the redistribution of water thanks to glacial melting driven by climate change has been causing the Earth to shift on its axis.
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The catastrophic effects of climate change on our planet cannot be overstated. But, new research shows that these effects could be even more fundamental than we previously knew.
The melting of glaciers brought about by global warming could have actually been causing shifts in the Earth’s axis of rotation. That is the conclusion of a new study that finds glacial melting has been the cause of movement in the Earth’s poles since the 1990s.
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Glacial melting from climate change has shifted the Earth’s axis of rotation over the past few decades, according to new research that underscores the impact of human activity on the planet.