Scientists identify three causes of Earth's spin axis drift

Wednesday, September 19, 2018 - 19:30 in Earth & Climate

Using observational and model-based data spanning the entire 20th century, scientists have for the first time have identified three broadly-categorized processes responsible for Earth's spin axis drift -- contemporary mass loss primarily in Greenland, glacial rebound, and mantle convection.

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