This clickbait is from CNN's "Space + Science". Remember, it's "The Science!!"
Humans pump so much groundwater that Earth’s axis has shifted, study finds
June 26, 2023
https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/26/world/pumping-groundwater-earth-axis-shifting-scn/index.html
CNN — Humans’ unquenchable thirst for groundwater has sucked so much liquid from subsurface reserves that it’s affecting Earth’s tilt, according to a new study.
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Between 1993 and 2010, the period examined in the study, humans extracted more than 2,150 gigatons of groundwater from inside Earth, mostly in western North America and northwestern India, according to estimates published in 2010. To put that into perspective, if that amount were poured into the ocean, it would raise global sea levels by about 0.24 inches (6 millimeters).
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Sea level up 6 millimeters? Is that a lot?
On the CNN website, comments aren't allowed. When the same "alarming"story is posted on Yahoo, however, comments ARE allowed:
Humans pump so much groundwater that Earth’s axis has shifted, study finds
CNN
Mon, June 26, 2023
https://news.yahoo.com/humans-pump-much-groundwater-earth-205427305.html
Reader comments:
James
And people will actually believe this nonsense... Wow!!
K
Fake news nonsense 24/7/365
Richard
The sky is falling, the sky is falling, really what nonsense. Go ahead reply all you gullible people!
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