China's Three Gorges Dam has effectively changed Earth's axis by nearly an inch since it was built nearly 18 years ago, causing our days to lengthen ever so slightly ...

The Earth’s axis is shifting east at an estimated rate of 1.7 inches every year due to a decade’s worth of consistent groundwater extraction and relocation, according to a study published in the ...

It is essentially impossible to functionally change the passing of time on Earth; despite this, NASA has announced that a man-made dam in China has done exactly that ...

China’s massive Three Gorges Dam has reportedly caused a subtle but measurable shift in the Earth’s axis and a slight ...

Human use of groundwater for drinking and agriculture has affected the tilt of the Earth, according to a new study published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters. The findings showed ...

(CNN) — Humans’ unquenchable thirst for groundwater has sucked so much liquid from subsurface reserves that it’s affecting Earth’s tilt, according to a new study. (CNN) — Humans’ unquenchable thirst ...

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Glacial melting due to global warming is likely the cause of a shift in the movement of the poles that occurred in the 1990s. The locations of the North and South poles aren’t static, unchanging spots ...

Any planet, in our own solar system or beyond, is shaped by a certain set of influences: the whirlwind circumstances of its formation, the contents of its deep interiors, other natural phenomena that ...

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(CNN) — Humans’ unquenchable thirst for groundwater has sucked so much liquid from subsurface reserves that it’s affecting Earth’s tilt, according to a new study. Groundwater provides drinking water ...