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By Holding Billions of Tons of Water, the Three Gorges Dam Literally Slowed the Earth's Rotation.

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The Three Gorges Dam holds a mass of water so colossal that it has extended the duration of a day by 0.06 microsecond. This infinitesimal figure reveals a disturbing truth: humanity has become a geophysical force capable of changing the axis of rotation of the planet itself. More
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The Three Gorges Dam holds a mass of water so colossal that it has extended the duration of a day by 0.06 microsecond. This infinitesimal figure reveals a disturbing truth: humanity has become a geophysical force capable of changing the axis of rotation of the planet itself. More

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SciencePost broke the news on Monday, June 8, 2026.
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