The North Pole could wander nearly 90 feet west by the end of the century

The North Pole could wander nearly 90 feet west by the end of the century

As climate change melts ice sheets and glaciers, water is being redistributed across the globe — and could end up moving the point of Earth's axis of rotation.

DMZ – NATUR/ ENVIRONMENT ¦ AA Researchers have found that the extraction of groundwater by humanity not only increases sea level, but also affects the displacement of the Earth's axis. A study conducted by Geophysicist Ki-Weon Seo from Seoul National University shows that the North Pole moved by 4.36 centimeters a year between 1993 and 2010. Overall, the displacement is almost 80 centimeters. It is estimated that a total of 2.15 trillion tons of…