Human activity shifted Earth's axis by 80 centimeters, study finds
Water extraction caused an average annual drift of Earth's rotational pole by 4.63 cm, totaling 80 cm in less than two decades.
Shifting Earth’s axis. Aerial photo of center pivot irrigations systems.(photo credit: SoilScience.info is licensed under CC BY 2.0. Via Flickr.)ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
