Studies show that the moving of water from one part of the planet to another can impact Earth's weight and therefore make it tilt. In fact, after decades of pumping groundwater primarily in western North America and northwestern India (among other places), scientists can now see that Earth has tilted more than 30 inches. 

The study looked at the moving of 2,150 gigatons of groundwater from 1993 through 2010. That sure seems like a lot, but I couldn't visualize how much water that actually is so I asked my favorite AI chatbot to put 2,150 gigatons into perspective:

Olympic Swimming Pools
One Olympic swimming pool holds about 2,500 cubic meters of water.

• 2,150 gigatons equals about 860 trillion cubic meters of water.
• That’s enough to fill approximately 344 billion Olympic swimming pools.

The Great Lakes
The Great Lakes in North America collectively hold about 22,671 cubic kilometers of water.

• 2,150 gigatons of groundwater is roughly 38% of the total water volume in the Great Lakes.

Household Usage
An average U.S. household uses about 300 gallons (1.14 cubic meters) of water per day.

• 2,150 gigatons could supply enough water for every U.S. household's daily usage for over 2.1 million years.

This movement is contributing to sea level rise. The actual number is 0.24 inches of sea level rise, which may not sound like a lot but when you add up all the things that contribute to the rise it gets quite alarming – especially for those of us living in coastal cities!