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April 28, 2021 at 7:00 am A sudden zag in which way the North Pole was drifting in the 1990s probably stemmed in large part from glacial melt caused by climate change, a new study suggests. The locations of Earth’s geographic poles, where the planet’s axis pierces the surface, aren’t fixed. Instead, they wander in seasonal and near-annual cycles, largely driven by weather patterns and ocean currents ( SN: 4/15/03). But in addition to moving about in relatively tight swirls just a few meters across, the poles drift over time as the planet’s weight distribution shifts and alters its rot...

Researchers explore method to reduce heavy metal contamination in crops Xinhua | Updated: 2021-04-27 15:46 Share CLOSE BEIJING -- Chinese researchers have proposed a cost-effective and practical solution for the safe utilization of farmland polluted with low to moderate levels of heavy metals. Heavy metal pollution of farmland is a serious problem worldwide, while the consumption of heavy metal-contaminated food products poses significant public health risks. The low heavy metal cadmium accumulating cultivars can efficiently exclude the cadmium from e...

Climate Change Has Now Invisibly Shifted Earth's Axis, New Data Reveal 26 APRIL 2021 Humanity's impacts on our planet's climate are so profound, we have for decades been unwittingly shifting the very axis upon which Earth spins around, scientists say. In a new study, researchers examined the phenomenon of polar wandering, in which Earth's magnetic north and south poles drift around the surface of the planet, restlessly roaming from the anchored positions of their geographic counterparts.   This mysterious phenomenon is thought to be driven by many factors, including the existence of vast a...

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. Image Credit: Song_about_summer/Shutterstock.com   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...

The climate crisis may have shifted the Earth’s axis Image: © MaryCatalan/Stock.adobe.com According to a new study, glacial melting due to global heating is likely to be responsible for the movement of the north and south poles. New research suggests the impacts of the climate crisis are so vast, they have the ability to literally change the axis of the Earth. According to a new study published in the American Geophysical Union’s journal, Geophysical Research Letters, glacial melting due to global heating is likely the cause of a shift in the movement of the poles that occurred in the 1...