Water changing the Earth's rotation

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A New York Times article details the strong link between groundwater extraction and the Earth's drifting axis.The extraction of ground water (used for residential drinking water and to support crops in the West during droughts) causes land to sink, which can lead to buildings on that land to shrink too.You can read the whole article from the NYT here: Water depletion and the Earth axis.

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