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like the polar ice caps, melt into water and flow toward the equator, it redistributes mass around the Earth. The process slows down the rate of the planet’s rotation. A slower rotation means ...

The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are on course for rapid retreat, even collapse, leading to multiple feet of sea level ...

Melting ice masses also alter the Earth's axis of rotation. Over long timeframes, this polar motion can move the rotation axis points on the Earth's surface by about ten meters per hundred years.

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Over centuries, this effect slows Earth by about 2 milliseconds ... natural events exert on our planet’s rotation. Massive shifts, like polar ice melt and mega-dams, can also nudge Earth ...