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Humans pump so much groundwater that Earth’s axis has shifted, study finds (edition.cnn.com)
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New research shows that persistent groundwater extraction over more than a decade has shifted the axis on which our planet rotates.

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[–] OminousOrange@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

Right, but we've seen effectively exponential population growth in the last few centuries. Global population just 200 years ago was 1.2 billion, and those people had far less industry needing groundwater for their processes.