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Climate has shifted the axis of the Earth – Phys.org

Glacial melting due to global warming is likely the cause of a shift in the movement of the poles that occurred in the 1990s.

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Glacial melting due to global warming is likely the cause of a shift in the movement of the poles that occurred in the 1990s.
The locations of the North and South poles aren’t static, unchanging spots on our planet. The axis Earth spins aroundor more specifically the surface that invisible line emerges fromis always moving due to processes scientists don’t completely understand. The way water is distributed on Earth’s surface is one factor that drives the drift.
Melting glaciers redistributed enough…

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