Re:Humans Have Pumped Enough Groundwater to Change the Tilt ...
by wcoenen on Saturday June 17, 2023 @01:12AM
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> the distance from the ground to the surface is around 5 millionths
The water from aquifers is not just lifted a short distance up to the surface. It is used, ends up in rivers, and spreads around the world's oceans. And the places where we are pumping groundwater are not uniformly distributed around the Earth. We are essentially moving mass to the Pacific.
The water from aquifers is not just lifted a short distance up to the surface. It is used, ends up in rivers, and spreads around the world's oceans. And the places where we are pumping groundwater are not uniformly distributed around the Earth. We are essentially moving mass to the Pacific.