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Shift in the Earth's Axis increases

May 5 , 2021 1301 days 1110 0
  • A recent study conducted by the American Geophysical Union has found that the melting glaciers have been increasing the shift of earth axis.
  • According to the new study, climate change has increased the glacial melting and this in turn has caused the earth’s poles to move in new directions.
  • NASA says that the spin axis drifted about ten centimetres per year.
  • The shift of the north pole towards the east is mainly because of the changes in the hydrosphere.

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