Unchecked overuse is draining and damaging aquifers nationwide, a data investigation by the New York Times revealed, threatening millions of people and America’s status as a food superpower.
    • WindyRebel@lemmy.worldEnglish
      51·
      1 year ago

      Hold the fuck up. We’ve shifted the axis?!

      I am not downplaying climate change here, but how much of tilting the earth’s axis affects the weather (fronts, storms, etc) and what we’re seeing with climates? Could this be a bigger deal then human consumption and CO2?

      Once again, not saying give up on other efforts. We know things change with the moon and rotating around the sun, so what are the repercussions here compared to CO2 and other man made factors? Is one a bigger impact than the other and is one easier to solve for?

      The article doesn’t give these specifics, but it does say how much we’re shifting yearly which seems significant.

      • TheLurker@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        1 year ago

        I can’t say exactly how big an impact, but it would be minimal compared to the dumping of huge volumes of CO2 into the atmosphere.

  • InvertedParallax@lemm.ee
    24·
    1 year ago

    We knew this, the Greatest Generation told us about this and taught us to conserve water and try to stop wasting stuff like this.

    Then boomers came along and said all this didn’t matter, details weren’t worth their time.