How the Three Gorges Dam's redistribution of water retards Earth's rotation?
NASA reports that the construction and operation of China's Three Gorges Dam have slowed Earth's rotation by 0.06 ...
NASA Warns Massive China Dam Has Power to Change the Earth's Rotation
NASA scientists have warned that China's Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest hydroelectric power station, has the potential ...
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‘Adding 0.06 microseconds to each day’: How Chinese dams are slowing Earth’s spin
2. Moment Shift The Three Gorges Dam alters Earth’s “moment of inertia”—its resistance to spinning—by concentrating massive weight far from the center of rotation. Like adding weight to ...