#polarwander — Public Fediverse posts
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True #PolarWander Driven by Artificial Water Impoundment - 1835–2011: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2025GL115468 -> Water storage in dams has caused minute shifts in Earth’s poles: https://news.agu.org/press-release/water-storage-in-dams-has-caused-minute-shifts-in-earths-poles/
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Well this thread went in a direction I didn't expect. I'm not a #geomagnetism or indeed #geodesy specialist and the mechanism for #PolarWander proposed sounds implausible but not impossible.
Would be interested to hear what those who know more about this think though...
My suspicion would be that #deglaciation now is rather too small compared to vast changes in past but what do you think @pa1ejo ?