It’s not something we can feel, but it’s something that definitely happens: Planet Earth’s axis of rotation has shifted 80 centimeters in almost twenty years.

The discovery was made by experts from the University of Seoul after studying the rotation of the earth between 1993 And 2010. The researchpublished in the magazine Geophysical research lettersreveals that the planet has tilted 4.36 centimeters per year.

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While it may seem like a minimal distance, scientists warn of the speed at which this is happening and the danger it poses.

A cause of displacement is without a doubt the human activity. This is how he explained it Ki Weon Seoprofessor of earth sciences at Seoul National University and lead author of the study.

Specifically, it is the groundwater extraction and the Rising sea levelscaused by the climate change and the melting of ice and glaciers.

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It is estimated that some 284 billion liters of water per year.

This practice can be extremely useful in places where climate change has caused severe droughts, but the massive extraction of groundwater and the weight distributed across the planet is a factor in its tendency.

The pumped groundwater evaporates into the atmosphere or flows into rivers and ends up in the oceans through precipitation or discharges.

“As an Earth resident and as a father, I am concerned and surprised to see that Groundwater pumping is another source of sea level rise” said Ki-Weon Seo about the discovery.

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And as the population grows and agricultural sectors expand, Groundwater extraction will continue to increase.

“We have affected Earth’s systems in different ways,” he said.

The study concludes with the certainty that as long as groundwater extraction continues, sea levels will also rise, leading to the rotation of the planet and in turn to more climate phenomena. (JO)