Researchers have discovered that irrigation practices worldwide have caused a measurable shift in Earth s rotational axis, altering the position of the North Pole. According to computer simulations, from 1993 to 2010, irrigation played a significant role in nudging the pole towards the eastern coast of Greenland by about 78 centimeters.
Retired Russian colonel Konstantin Sivkov, who serves as the deputy president of the Russian Academy of Rocket and Artillery Sciences, has put forth the idea of detonating nuclear weapons at the North Pole "if necessary" as a way to convey a message to the West, in a statement on Russian state-run TV.