Groundwater Depletion & Global Sea Level Rise have caused Earth’s Pole Drift Change

Earth’s Axis, Silver Spoon; CC BY-SA 3.0, Link

We’ve pumped so much groundwater that we’ve nudged Earth’s spin [American Geophysical Union (AGU), ScienceDaily; June 15, 2023]

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/06/230615183147.htm

Featured Research Article:

Drift of Earth’s Pole Confirms Groundwater Depletion as Significant Contributor to Global  Sea Level Rise 1993 – 2010 (SEO et al., 2023)

https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023GL103509

Also…

Polar Drift in the 1990s Explained by Terrestrial Water Storage Changes (DENG et al., 2021)

https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2020GL092114

Rapid ice melting drives Earth’s pole to the east (CHEN et al., 2013)

https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/grl.50552

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