➀ A new study reveals that humans have tilted the Earth by 31.5 inches in less than two decades, contributing to climate change. The study estimates that 2,150 gigatons of groundwater were pumped from 1993 to 2010, leading to a sea level rise of over 6 millimeters. This small amount of sea level rise has a significant impact on Earth's climate. ➁ The study finds that the redistribution of groundwater, particularly from mid-latitudes to regions like western North America and northwestern India, has the largest impact on the Earth's rotational pole. ➂ The research suggests that understanding past polar motion data can help in studying the effects of groundwater redistribution on climate change.
Recent #Earth news in the semiconductor industry
➀ NASA has updated the impact probability of asteroid 2024 YR4 with Earth, reducing it to 0.28% for 2032, down from previous estimates.
➁ The space agency initially estimated a 1.3% chance of collision in 2032, which was then increased to 2.3% and then to 3.1% after follow-up observations.
➂ The latest observations have decreased the impact probability to just 0.28%.
➀ SpaceX has introduced 'Marslink', a concept for high-speed internet between Mars and Earth using an adaptation of its Starlink satellite network. ➁ The system aims to provide a data relay capable of transmitting 4Mbps or more across the distance between the planets. ➃ SpaceX presented Marslink to NASA with the aim of establishing a high-speed data relay system.
➀ NASA has warned about a bus-sized asteroid, 2024 UQ1, approaching Earth at a distance of 148,000 miles; ➁ The asteroid is not classified as potentially hazardous; ➂ This is part of a series of near-Earth objects being monitored by NASA.
➀ About 41,000 years ago, Earth's magnetic field briefly flipped during the Laschamp event; ➁ Scientists recreated the sound of the event using data from the ESA's Swarm mission; ➂ The event resulted in a significant weakening of Earth's magnetic field, allowing more cosmic rays to reach Earth's atmosphere.
➀ Researchers suggest Earth had a ring system 466 million years ago; ➁ The hypothesis is based on the positions of asteroid impact craters; ➂ The ring may have contributed to the global cooling event known as the Hirnantian Icehouse.