We’re well past time to begin the active management of our climate controls.
Our quest for clean water has affected the weight and balance of our space ship.
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By Aara’L Yarber
June 27, 2023 at 6:00 a.m. EDT
Humans have used enough groundwater to shift Earth’s tilt
Pumping groundwater for drinking and irrigation has had a noticeable effect on the entire planet, data show.
Many people might imagine Earth’s shape as a perfect sphere, but it’s not; it’s an oblate spheroid, with high mountains and deep ocean trenches that distribute mass unevenly and make the planet resemble a lumpy potato. The whole thing is also spinning like a top, and if you move enough mass from one place to another, the planet will wobble as it spins.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2023/06/27/groundwater-use-planet-earth-tilt/
