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Water Storage in Dams Has Caused Minute Shifts in Earth's Poles, Study Finds

Over the past two centuries, humans have locked up enough water in dams to shift Earth's poles slightly away from the planet's axis of rotation, according to recent research.

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Big dams are so heavy they shift Earth's poles away from the rotational axis, new research shows

Dam construction since 1835 has caused Earth's poles to "wander" away from the planet's rotational axis because of the massive weight of water reservoirs.

3 days ago·United States

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Water storage in dams has caused minute shifts in Earth's poles, study finds

Over the past two centuries, humans have locked up enough water in dams to shift Earth's poles slightly away from the planet's axis of rotation, according to recent research.

4 days ago·United Kingdom

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Nasa Has Not Confirmed that a Chinese Dam Has Changed the Rotation of the Earth, Is the Hypothesis of a 2005 Scientist.

For days it has been circulating in networks that NASA has "confirmed" that the Chinese dam of the Three Gorges has displaced the axis of rotation of the Earth and that the days have lengthened 0.06 microseconds as a result. Several of the media have also echoed, and dozens of web portals have shared the supposed information.Continue reading...

3 days ago·Granada, Spain

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