This episode explores new research, which has found that damming water in reservoirs from 1835 to 2011 shifted Earth's spin axis by over half a metre.
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Read this episode’s science poem <a href='https://scienceblog.com/thepoetryofscience/4404/true-polar-wander/'>here</a>. 
Read the scientific study that inspired it <a href='https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL115468'>here</a>. 
Read ‘Toward the North Pole’ by Louis Gilmore <a href='https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/browse?volume=119&issue=5&page=21'>here</a>.
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Music by <a href='https://www.facebook.com/rufiomercutio/about?locale=en_GB'>Rufus Beckett</a>. 
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Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast: 
<a href='https://linktr.ee/sam.illingworth'>https://linktr.ee/sam.illingworth</a>

This episode explores new research, which has found that damming water in reservoirs from 1835 to 2011 shifted Earth's spin axis by over half a metre. --- Read this episode’s science poem here. Read the scientific study that inspired it here. Read ‘Toward the North Pole’ by Louis Gilmore here. --- Music by Rufus Beckett. --- Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast: https://linktr.ee/sam.illingworth

This episode explores new research, which has found that damming water in reservoirs from 1835 to 2011 shifted Earth's spin axis by over half a metre.
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Read this episode’s science poem <a href="https://scienceblog.com/thepoetryofscience/4404/true-polar-wander/" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a>. 
Read the scientific study that inspired it <a href="https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL115468" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a>. 
Read ‘Toward the North Pole’ by Louis Gilmore <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/browse?volume=119&amp;issue=5&amp;page=21" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a>.
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Music by&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/rufiomercutio/about?locale=en_GB" rel="noopener noreferrer">Rufus Beckett</a>. 
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Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast: 
<a href="https://linktr.ee/sam.illingworth" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://linktr.ee/sam.illingworth</a>

Episode 315: Tilt

Join Dr Sam Illingworth as he provides insight into new scientific research via the medium of poetry.

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