The Earth tilts because of the human being and this is terrible news

The reason why the Earth’s tilt has changed so much in recent decades.

There is no doubt that the human being is exhausting absolutely all the resources of our planetwhich should be remembered that they are not infinite, but what many do not know is that our planet is also tilting.

South Korean researchers say the extraction of groundwater for drinking and irrigation is altering the mass of the Earth and in turn is causing the axis to shift.

As they say, we have already displaced such a large water base that the Earth has tilted 78.5 cm to the eastonly between 1993 and 2010.

This is worrying, because the position of the axis is changed, something that can vary the amount of sunlight received at each of the sites, especially at the poles.

And of course, this can end up increasing the melting of polar ice, and with it, the rise in sea level, which can further alter the distribution of the mass of the Land.

This study led by researchers at Seoul National University and published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters affirm that : “Earth’s pole of rotation actually shifts a lot“, said Ki Weon Seo, geophysicist from Seoul National University. “Our study shows that, among climate-related causes, groundwater redistribution actually has the largest impact on rotational pole drift.“.

It should be noted that the Earth’s pole of rotation is the point around which the planet rotates. And unlike geographic north and south which remain in a fixed position, the pole of rotation varies relative to the crust.

The distribution of water on the planet affects the way mass is distributed, so removing water from a part of the planet starts to move and wobble.

Although this does not affect our daily lives, at least for now, it would directly affect the precise results of GPS and satellites.

Some worrying results

The South Korean team of researchers built on previous estimates of how much groundwater was being depleted, using data from a Dutch think tank in 2010.

They then analyzed the observed changes in the drift of the Earth’s pole of rotation and the motion of the waterconsidering first the ice caps and glaciers and then adding different scenarios.

After comparing results, it has been shown that the redistribution of groundwater is already responsible for this change in the axis.