24 inches of sea level rise. “Earth’s rotational pole ... bit of weight to a spinning top,” authors say, “the Earth spins a little differently as water is moved around.” ...

Mountains rise, continents merge and split ... above the destruction wrought by subduction. But still, very little remains from Earth's early days, and what is left is eroded and warped.

which is little surprise as 2024 was Earth's hottest year on record (the seas absorb over 90 percent of the heat humans trap on Earth). This boosted sea level rise a bit above current annual ...