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Earth Tilted: We’ve Pumped So Much Groundwater That Earth’s Spin Shifted (scitechdaily.com)

The shifting of mass and consequent sea level rise due to groundwater withdrawal has caused the Earth’s rotational pole to wander nearly a meter in two decades. By pumping water out of the ground and moving it elsewhere, humans have shifted such a large mass of water that the Earth tilted nearly

US murder rate declines dramatically in 2023 — but you probably haven't heard about it (popular.info)

In 2020, along with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a dramatic spike in murders in the United States. This increase in lethal violence, understandably, was covered extensively in national and local media outlets. Yet, much of this coverage lacked critical context. While the increase in murders was significant, the...

Global temperatures briefly spike above key climate threshold, scientists warn of more extremes (www.pbs.org)

European researchers said Thursday that the the start of June saw global surface air temperatures rise 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels for the first time. That is the limit governments said they would try to limit global warming to at a 2015 summit in Paris.

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