Now, experts have found that the Earth’s axis appears to be shifting for a reason no-one saw coming.
Essentially, the Earth’s tilt is changing over time. A few years ago, scientists put this down to global warming and the melting of the polar ice caps.
However, experts have published new research which suggests that groundwater extraction is also playing a bigger factor than previously thought.
The Earth’s poles can move with the melting of ice sheets. However, the depletion of groundwater caused by irrigation can also force the same thing to happen.
While things are moving at a slow rate, with the North Pole moving gradually in the direction of the UK
The most concerning thing, though, is what the new study published in Geophysical Research Letters suggests about the way we’re consuming Earth’s natural resources
It comes after scientists recently discovered water is slowly leaking down there from the surface.