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The Earth has tilted on its axis differently over the last few decades due to melting ice caps
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNASA's asteroid-bound NEAR spacecraft took this mosaic image of Earth in January 1998.NEAR...
Humans have pumped so much groundwater from the Earth that it's actually caused the planet's axis to...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 10 months agoWe're moving so much water from under the continents to the oceans that it's affecting our axial...
Earth’s axis has shifted. Why using groundwater is to blame
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 11 months agoKansas Geological Survey field research technician Connor Umbrell measures water levels in an...
Humans have changed the Earth's axis — and our GPS and satellite navigation systems need it to work
Salon via Yahoo News· 11 months agoPlanet Earth On A TightropeGetty Images/mspoli As humans extract more and more groundwater, we are...
Earth isn't the only planet with seasons, but they can look wildly different on other worlds
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 5 months agoNearby planets can affect how one planet 'wobbles' on its spin axis, which contributes to seasons....
The December solstice is here. Here's how it works and why it starts winter and summer at the same...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAn illustration of Earth during the December solstice in 2018.Google Earth Pro The 2022 winter...
Earth's wobble brings us to 'dawning of the Age of Aquarius' | The Sky Guy
Tallahassee Democrat via Yahoo News· 1 year agoLast month I wrote about why the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn are related to the...
Earth's core wobbles every 8.5 years, new study suggests
Space via Yahoo News· 5 months agoCross-sectional illustration of Earth's layers, down to molten core. Scientists in China recently...
Human society is shifting the tilt of the Earth
The Hill via Yahoo News· 11 months agoHumans pumped so much groundwater out of the Earth that the planet has begun to wobble detectably on its axis, a new study has found. On its own terms,...
The 2023 spring equinox is here — here's what it is and how it works
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 1 year agoEarth is a like 7,917-mile-wide rotisserie chicken.NASA/Flickr The vernal or spring equinox of 2023...