The Earth’s axis is shifting east at an estimated rate of 1.7 inches every year due to a decade’s worth of consistent groundwater extraction and relocation, according to a study published in the ...

Pumping groundwater appears to have a greater consequence than ever previously thought. But now—thanks to a study published ...

The Earth’s rotational pole has drifted east 31.5 inches, or nearly 80 centimeters, over the course of 17 years as a result of the large amounts of water that humans have pumped out of the ground, ...

Humans’ unquenchable thirst for groundwater has sucked so much liquid from subsurface reserves that it’s affecting Earth’s tilt, according to a new study. Groundwater provides drinking water for ...

Pumping vast amounts of groundwater has significantly altered Earth's tilt by 31.5 inches, contributing to sea-level rise.

A new study has found that humans pumped so much water out of the ground over 17 years that Earth has tilted nearly 3 feet to the east. Getty Images/iStockphoto A new study has found that humans ...

(CNN) — Humans’ unquenchable thirst for groundwater has sucked so much liquid from subsurface reserves that it’s affecting Earth’s tilt, according to a new study. (CNN) — Humans’ unquenchable thirst ...