Scientists from the NASA space agency have reported a shift in the Earth's axis tilt and movement due to climate change and the massive melting of polar ice caps. Experts warn about the distribution of the weight of our planet due to the melting of Greenland ice blocks.
In the journal Science Advances, experts from the NASA space agency published a report that reported changes in the rotation and tilt of the Earth about its axis due to the melting of polar ice caps. The measurement of the state of the planet's magnetic pole and polar movement has been carried out since 1899, and for the entire 20th century, the shift was observed towards Canada, in modern time the shift is towards Great Britain.
Professor of geology from the University of Arizona, Jonathan Overpeck, shared with the journalists from The Guardian his opinion that these changes are due to human activity, it will not be a catastrophic event for the inhabitants of the planet, but the fact should be paid attention to.
Since the early 2000s, more than 270 trillion kilograms of ice have been melting steadily in Greenland in a period of one year, over the same period of time in the west of Antarctica, the melting process takes up to 124 trillion kilograms. In the eastern parts, there is an increase in ice blocks in the region of 74 trillion, which slightly changes the inclination of the Earth's rotation, shifting it to the east. Scientists assure that this fact does not pose any danger to humanity.
Ana McKenzie