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Climate has shifted the axis of the Earth

 E-Mail IMAGE: Melting of glaciers in Alaska, Greenland, the Southern Andes, Antarctica, the Caucasus and the Middle East accelerated in the mid-90s, becoming the main driver pushing Earth s poles into a sudden. view more  Credit: Credit: Deng et al (2021) Geophysical Research Letters/AGU WASHINGTON Glacial melting due to global warming is likely the cause of a shift in the movement of the poles that occurred in the 1990s. The locations of the North and South poles aren t static, unchanging spots on our planet. The axis Earth spins around or more specifically the surface that invisible line emerges from is always moving due to processes scientists don t completely understand. The way water is distributed on Earth s surface is one factor that drives the drift.

Climate change literally shifted Earth s axis

Credit: Flickr, Derek Keats. Earth’s axis is an invisible line that connects the planet’s geographic north and south poles. However, this axis isn’t fixed since it is a function of the planet’s center of mass, or barycenter, which can change if the planet’s mass is significantly redistributed. This is exactly what happened in the last three decades as a result of global warming, which has melted hundreds of billions of tonnes of ice from the poles, especially the north pole. According to a new study published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, since 1980, the position of the two poles has shifted by about 4 meters.

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