Tuesday, April 12, 2016

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The Earth’s axis is tilting thanks to climate change, NASA scientists say

Scientists from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory have determined climate change is actually causing the tilt of the Earth’s axis to change. Using satellite data, the scientists found as global climate change causes ice sheets across the planet to melt, releasing their water weight, the Earth’s polar motion has stopped wobbling toward Canada and is now wobbling toward England. Here’s what the dramatic change means for the Earth.

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