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The amount of water extracted from the earth has changed its axis

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The amount of water we have extracted from the Earth has tilted our planet on its axis by almost 80cm.🌏 Learn more about the latest climate news: https://ow.ly/GLBf50PZ5X6 via World Economic Forum
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✅ This is true, but some details need to be nuanced. A 2023 study published in Geophysical Research Letters indeed demonstrated that, since the beginning of the century, the Earth's axis of rotation has shifted due to the extraction of groundwater from aquifers. https://cvc.li/iEArl Human activity is indeed partly responsible for the shift in the Earth's axis of rotation due to groundwater extraction as well as glacier melting and other factors (such as the redistribution of fluid masses on the Earth's surface, including oceans, ice, atmosphere, and water) ❌ However, it is entirely incorrect to imply that this is a serious issue. In fact, the shifting of the Earth's axis of rotation is a well-known natural phenomenon, with variations between 22 and 25 degrees (currently at 23.5 degrees). Any changes in the angle of this axis inside the common range will simply require adjustments in calculations for certain satellite navigations. Therefore, this phenomenon has no significant impact on a planetary scale. https://cvc.li/CrRBS

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