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China's Dam Alters Earth's Rotation, Lengthens Days
9/3/2025
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Story summary
- NASA confirms that China's Three Gorges Dam impacts Earth's rotation, lengthening days by 0.06 microseconds due to mass redistribution.
- Completed in 2012, the dam represents China's infrastructure capabilities but meets only 3% of its energy demands.
- These findings underscore the importance of reassessing the environmental effects of large-scale human projects on planetary systems.
