Lightning near the North Pole signals major climate shifts

Lightning near the North Pole signals major climate shifts

Lightning near the North Pole reveals dramatic climate changes as Arctic temperatures rise and storms intensify.

Climate change could shift Earth’s poles by up to 90 feet by 2100, study warns

A new study published in Geophysical Research Letters warns that Earth’s geographic North and South poles could migrate by as much as 89 feet by the end of the century due to climate-driven ice melt. As Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets—and, to a lesser extent, mountain glaciers—shed vast quantities of water, the redistribution of ocean mass is expected to nudge the planet’s rotation axis, displacing the poles. “This effect somewhat surpasses t…