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Groundwater Extraction Tilts the Earth Report

July 28 , 2023 485 days 503 0
  • As per the Geophysical Research Letters, Groundwater Extraction on Earth's Rotational Axis and its contribution to global sea-level rise.
  • Groundwater pumping has tilted Earth nearly 80 centimetres east between 1993 and 2010 alone.
  • The water circulated across the planet determines how mass is distributed.
  • Between 1993 and 2010, people pumped 2,150 gigatons of groundwater, or more than 6 millimetres of sea level increase.

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