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How water pumping change the Earth's surface?
Posted on 28 June, 2023 by benyamin chahkandi
Summary: A recent study found that the Earth tilted about 80 centimeters (31.5 inches) east between 1993 and 2010 due to human activity in extracting water out of the earth and transporting it to other locations.
Scientists previously calculated that between 1993 and 2010, humanity pumped 2,150 gigatons of groundwater, or more than 6 millimeters (0.24 inches), of sea level increase, based on climate models. It's challenging to verify that estimate, though.
One method involves using...
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15 March, 2024Today In History
Here are some interesting facts ih history happened on 28 October.
- Columbus discovers Cuba
- Harvard College 1st US college founded.
- Battle of White Plains; Washington retreats to NJ
- NY gives up claims to Vermont in exchange for $30 000.
- Eli Whitney applies for patent for the cotton gin.
- Pres Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty.
- St Louis Police try a new investigation method - fingerprints
- Czechoslovakia declares independence from Austria.
- Volstead Act passed by Congress starting Prohibition
- Benito Mussolini takes control of Italy's government.
- 1st coast-to-coast radio broadcast of a football game.
- 1st child born in aircraft Miami Fl
- German rocket engineers begin work in USSR
- Flag of Israel is adopted
- Bud Grant of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers intercepts 5 passes (record).
- Krushchev orders withdrawal of Cuban missiles
- Pope Paul VI proclaims Jews not collectively guilty for crucifixion.
- Gateway Arch (190 meters high) completed in St. Louis Missouri.
- The Gateway Arch (630 feet high) completed in St Louis Missouri
- US/USSR signed an agreement to discuss joint space efforts
- England becomes 6th nation to have a satellite (Prospero) in orbit.
- Elmore Smith of the Lakers blocks 17 shots in a game (NBA record).
- 1st time 2 Islanders hat trick in same game - MacMillian & Westfall
- Billy Martin named A.L. Manager of the Year (NY Yankees)
- TV's Rhoda gets married
- Dick Howser (Best Yank mngr win-lost pct 636) replaces Billy Martin