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We’ve pumped so much groundwater that we’ve nudged the Earth's spin (news.agu.org)

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[–] CeruleanRuin@lemmy.one 7 points 1 year ago

Significant? Probably not. But measurable? Yeah! 80 centimeters is infinitesimal on the scale of the entire planet. Personally, though, I think that's cool as hell that we're able to detect that small of a shift.