'The North Pole is moving': Melting ice could move it 90 feet by 2100 causing chaos
Produced by: Manoj Kumar
Pole Drift
The North Pole could shift up to 90 feet by 2100, as melting ice redistributes Earth’s mass—a dramatic wobble unseen in human history, says ETH Zurich.
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Spin Shift
As glaciers vanish, Earth spins like an unbalanced top—its axis wobbling due to mass loss in Greenland and Antarctica, warns Dr. Shahvandi.
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Space Chaos
Shifting poles could throw off satellite and telescope navigation, causing errors of several kilometers, threatening deep space missions.
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Ice Legacy
We're still rebounding from the last Ice Age, but soon human-caused ice melt will outpace this ancient process, researchers predict.
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Gravity Flip
Loss of polar ice is literally tilting the planet—repositioning gravitational pull and possibly altering global sea levels and tides.
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Worst Scenario
If emissions go unchecked, the pole shift could hit 89 feet—rerouting satellites and distorting GPS by hundreds of meters.
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Sea Ice Plunge
March 2025 marked the fourth consecutive record-low sea ice extent in the Arctic and Antarctic—faster melt, faster shift.
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Axis Alarm
Satellites rely on Earth's stable spin. As that spin drifts, so will our ability to map space, track weather, and steer global communication.
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Cosmic Impact
Even the James Webb Space Telescope could lose orientation, as the North Pole’s movement redefines our celestial reference points.