Earth has tilted 31.5 inches in less than two decades due to…, reason will leave you shocked and it is connected to India

By Analiza Pathak – india.com

In less than 20 years, human activities—especially the pumping of groundwater—have caused the Earth’s axis to shift by about 31.5 inches (or 80 centimeters), according to a new study. This movement may sound small, but it shows how our use of natural resources can actually change how the planet spins. The research, led by Ki-Weon Seo of Seoul National University and published in Geophysical Research Letters, found that between 1993 and 2010, a huge amount of groundwater—around 2,150 gigatons—was taken from underground reserves, mostly for farming and everyday human use. After being used, this water usually ends up in the oceans, and that shift in mass has slightly raised global sea levels (by about 0.24 inches) and changed the Earth’s balance.