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Climate change is moving the North pole and affecting Earth's rotation
2013-12-13 22:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Gizmodo: I thought I knew all the dreadful effects of climate change, but this new discovery has truly surprised me: "Climate change is causing the North Pole's location to drift, owing to subtle changes in Earth's rotation that result from the melting of glaciers and ice sheets." The entire Earth is tilting because this change. One example: The influx of fresh water from shrinking ice sheets also causes the planet to pitch over. Landerer and colleagues estimate that the melting of Greenland's ice is...
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