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SUBMITTER: Adhikari S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4846461 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Adhikari Surendra S Ivins Erik R ER
Science advances 20160408 4
Earth's spin axis has been wandering along the Greenwich meridian since about 2000, representing a 75° eastward shift from its long-term drift direction. The past 115 years have seen unequivocal evidence for a quasi-decadal periodicity, and these motions persist throughout the recent record of pole position, in spite of the new drift direction. We analyze space geodetic and satellite gravimetric data for the period 2003-2015 to show that all of the main features of polar motion are explained by ...[more]