Water Storage in Dams Has Caused Minute Shifts in Earth's Poles
July 09, 2025
July 09, 2025
WASHINGTON, July 9 -- The American Geophysical Union issued the following news release:
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Water storage in dams has caused minute shifts in Earth's poles
Axis of rotation shifted in two phases following surges of dam building, first in the Americas and then in East Africa and Asia
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Over the past two centuries, humans have locked up enough water in dams to shift Earth's poles slightly away from the planet's axis . . .
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Water storage in dams has caused minute shifts in Earth's poles
Axis of rotation shifted in two phases following surges of dam building, first in the Americas and then in East Africa and Asia
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Over the past two centuries, humans have locked up enough water in dams to shift Earth's poles slightly away from the planet's axis . . .