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Humans pump so much groundwater that Earth’s axis has shifted, study finds (edition.cnn.com)

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New research shows that persistent groundwater extraction over more than a decade has shifted the axis on which our planet rotates.

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[–] kestrel7@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yo Buckminster Fuller was saying back in the 60's that the earth was too small for us to ignore environmental problems and this is literally exactly what the fuck he was talking about. Ugh.

[–] meat_popsicle@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fuck him and fuck his Buckyballs, I need a river pumped from an aquifer to grow corn to burn in my fleet of limousine SUVs.

Vroom vroom, the ag-subsidy money printers will never stop.

[–] nicktron@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Don’t forget about Nestle basically taking it all for free and making us pay for it.