The Earth's rotational pole normally changes and wanders by about several meters each year. How groundwater depletion affects Earth's rotational pole This groundwater accounts for almost all the freshwater on the planet.īut in many areas of the world, groundwater is being extracted faster than the rate that it naturally recharges.Ī recent study found that humans are pumping so much groundwater that it's not only increasing sea levels, it's actually shifting the entire planet on its axis. Most groundwater ends up in our oceans and raised sea levels by 6.24 mm from 1993-2010.īelow the Earth's surface lies over a thousand times more water than all the rivers and lakes in the world. The reason is that we're moving all that water mass from under the continents to the oceans. New research shows that persistently pumping groundwater has shifted Earth's axis. We're moving so much water from under the continents to the oceans that it's affecting our axial tilt, a new study found.
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