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Earth has been knocked off its axis over the last 25 years, changing the locations of the north and south poles – Business Insider Australia

A recent study suggests that melting ice from polar glaciers has shifted Earth’s axis – changing where the north and south poles are located.

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  • Earth’s axis – the invisible line around which it spins – is bookended by the north and south poles.
  • The axis, and thus the poles too, shift depending on how weight is distributed across Earth’s surface.
  • Melting glaciers have changed that distribution enough to knock Earth off its axis, research shows.
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Since 1980, Earth’s north and south poles have each drifted about 3.96m.
The poles are where the planet’s axis of rotation – the invisible line running…

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