When large masses of water are moved from one place to another, this changes the shape of Earth and leads to a phenomenon ...

In addition to changing the Earth’s rotation, dams have caused a global decrease in water levels. Dams have long been one of ...

In 2024, researchers transformed readings of an epic upheaval of Earth's magnetic field flipping 41,000 years ago into an ...

New research suggests that the thousands of dams built over the past two centuries have caused the Earth's poles to drift ...

The study, published in Geophysical Research Letters, shows the shift happened in two phases: 1835–1954: Dams in North ...

The Arctic Ocean, though smallest, significantly influences global climate and hosts unique wildlife. Surrounded by Eurasia, ...

Scientists found that large-scale dam building since 1835 shifted Earth's poles over a meter and significantly lowered sea ...

If they had superhero vision, an astronaut would see the people at the South Pole and North Pole standing upside down from ...

Ever been late because you misread a clock? Sometimes, the "clocks" geologists use to date events can also be misread.

Over the past two centuries, humans have locked up enough water in dams to shift Earth's poles slightly away from the ...

An astrophysicist who spent time doing research at the South Pole gets to the bottom of how things feel at the ends of the ...

Strange cone-shaped rocks led scientists to the hidden remains of one of Earth’s oldest asteroid impacts. It could help us find fossil life on Mars.