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fromwww.scientificamerican.com
2 weeks 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

The Trump administration's cuts threaten the critical functions of the National Geodetic Survey, impacting U.S. spatial information systems.
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