Humans have pumped so much groundwater from the Earth that it's actually caused the planet's axis to shift, a new study found

• New research shows that persistently pumping groundwater has shifted Earth's axis.
• The reason is that we're moving all that water mass from under the continents to the oceans.
• Most groundwater ends up in our oceans and raised sea levels by 6.24 mm from 1993-2010.

Below the Earth's surface lies over a thousand times more water than all the rivers and lakes in the world.

This groundwater accounts for almost all the freshwater on the planet.