True polar wander (TPW) occurs because the Earth’s spin axis remains always very nearly aligned with its axis of maximum non-hydrostatic moment of inertia—the short axis of the non-hydrostatic ...
The Earth wobbles. Like a spinning top touched in mid-spin, its rotational axis fluctuates in relation to space. This is partly caused by gravitation from the sun and the moon. At the same time, the ...
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