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Climate change caused Earth's axis to meander 10 metres in 120 years: Studies
Updated On: 20 July, 2024 03:40 PM IST | New Delhi | IANS
Melting ice, dwindling groundwater, and rising seas, a result of climate change, have also led to the Earth`s axis to meander 10 metres in the last 120 years
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Two NASA-funded studies have shown that melting ice, dwindling groundwater, and rising seas, a result of climate change, has also led to the Earth`s axis to meander 10 metres in the last 120 years.
In the first study, published in Nature Geoscience, researchers analysed polar motion across 12 decades.
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