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fromwww.scientificamerican.com
1 week ago

Did You Know Earth's Poles Wander? Blame Dams

Over the past 200 years, humans have stored hundreds of billions of liters of water in thousands of dams around the world, pushing Earth's geographic poles away from its axis of rotation.
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fromWIRED
2 months ago

Trump Cuts Are Killing a Tiny Office That Keeps Measurements of the World Accurate

Staff losses at the National Geodetic Survey (NGS), the oldest scientific agency in the US, could further cripple its mission and activities, including a long-awaited project to update the accuracy of these measurements, former employees and experts say.
Washington Nationals
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