An interesting article describes the issue, even if its corollary conclusions though are debateable. Human Activities Have Shifted Earth’s Axis by 31.5 Inches: A Wake-Up Call for Sustainable Water Management - ASTRONOMY LOVERS Think intensive agriculture, heavy industries and datacentres which are amongst the heaviest users of water for industrial irrigation, processing material and for cooling. https://eng.ox.ac.uk/…/the-true-cost-of-water-guzzling…/ But no doubt the issue will be blamed on man made climate change while ignoring China and India as the major CO2 creators. While agriculture has been a water consumer on the largest scale, datacentres are exponentially being built contributing to water removal https://utulsa.edu/…/data-centers-draining-resources…/ and use and if you are a a believer in CO2 being a problem, they are becoming the greatest contributors to that. It is estimated that when datacentres become AI , globally they will be using 1.7trillion gallons of water annually. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy8gy7lv448o. If economic prioritisation for water resource use, then surely food and availability for humanity must be the priority over technology. Unless of course there is a eugenic agenda and priory involved in the background.
Great find, @MarkSean; a new narrative is being loosed it seems.
“ Traditionally, changes in the planet’s tilt have been attributed to natural phenomena such as glacial melting and tectonic movements. However, recent studies have highlighted a new and concerning contributor: human-induced groundwater depletion” (emphasis mine).
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Thanks Sharick. Food and Water - from the base of the pyramid of human needs.
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