274: Earth's Pot Belly

August 01, 2023 00:14:46
274: Earth's Pot Belly
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274: Earth's Pot Belly

Aug 01 2023 | 00:14:46

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Trace Kerr Amy Barton

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Turns out, in less than 20 years of pumping underground water sources for agriculture and drinking water, we've changed the tilt of the Earth. Yikes! Need some cheering up? Listen to the Quahog Wild episode!

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Advanced Earth and Space Sciences paper (Geophysical Research Letters): Drift of Earth's Pole Confirms Groundwater Depletion as a Significant Contributor to Global Sea Level Rise 1993–2010 https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023GL103509

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