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Melting glaciers have changed that distribution enough to knock Earth off its axis, research showed. Since 1980, Earth's north and south poles have drifted about 13 feet.
Melting ice is slowing Earth's spin and causing changes to its axis, new studies find. The shifts are causing feedback beneath the surface, impacting the planet's molten core.
Polar ice is melting and changing Earth’s rotation. It’s messing with time itself. By CNN. March 28, 2024. Share. Flowing water from melting ice in Scoresby Fjord, Greenland, on August 12, 2023.
But while melting ice may be slowing the Earth’s spin, there’s another factor at play when it comes to global timekeeping, according to the report: processes in the Earth’s core.
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