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So, China made a dam so large that it is probably causing a massive impact on the entire planet. Fucking great. I know I read about this before but maybe we should blow it up.

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>NASA scientists have confirmed that China’s Three Gorges Dam has measurably altered Earth’s rotation. The hydroelectric project, which holds around 40 billion tonnes of water, has slowed the planet’s daily spin by 0.06 microseconds. The development coincides with a rare season when Earth’s rotation will again briefly accelerate, as July and August 2025 are expected to bring some of the shortest days on record.

So, China made a dam so large that it is probably causing a massive impact on the entire planet. Fucking great. I know I read about this before but maybe we should blow it up. Archive: https://archive.today/Jh8y4 From the post: >>NASA scientists have confirmed that China’s Three Gorges Dam has measurably altered Earth’s rotation. The hydroelectric project, which holds around 40 billion tonnes of water, has slowed the planet’s daily spin by 0.06 microseconds. The development coincides with a rare season when Earth’s rotation will again briefly accelerate, as July and August 2025 are expected to bring some of the shortest days on record.
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This is just a reflection of how fine our measurements are. It's like those reports showing that harmful things are in everything, because we then had the technology to detect at the atom level. This is really just an article explaining how amazing our measurement tools are now to detect such an insignificant change due to a dam.