The Geophysical Research Letters has published a new study according to which, the Earth's pole has shifted in the past three decades. The situationThe earth's pole has shifted 80 centimeters approximately to the east in the past three decades. The rotational axis of Earth shifted in the decade of 1990s. However, in the year 2016, researchers found that there is an ability of water to alter the rotation of Earth. Until this discovery, not many knew these rotational changes were due to the contribution of groundwater.

Source: Dainik Jagran June 23, 2023 02:23 UTC