GregCocks, 
Rampant Groundwater Pumping Has Changed the Tilt of Earth’s Axis
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/rampant-groundwater-pumping-has-changed-the-tilt-of-earths-axis/ <-- shared technical article
https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL103509 <-- shared paper
“ • Earth's pole has drifted toward 64.16°E at a speed of 4.36 cm/yr during 1993–2010 due to groundwater depletion and resulting sea level rise
• Including groundwater depletion effects, the estimated drift of Earth's rotational pole agrees remarkably well with observations…”
#GIS #spatial #mapping #geodetic #geodesy #earth #water #research #earthaxis #axis #pole #gravity #remotesensing #groundwater #pumping #global #waterresources #watersecurity #watersupply #sealevelrise #subsidence #earthobservation #aquifer
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