Nasa Confirmed that the Giant Dam of the Three Gorges in China Slowed Earth’s Rotation

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Diego MoratoIn the heart of China, a massive engineering work retains the waters of the Yangtze River with a reach that transcends the imagined.The dam of the Three Gorges—the world's largest hydroelectric power plant—not only transformed the landscape and the lives of millions of people, but has come to slightly affect the rotation of our planet. NASA scientists recently confirmed that the immense mass of water accumulated in this reservoir has…

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It is a marvel of modern engineering, located in the center of the Asian giant, interrupts the passage of the Yangtze River, the longest on the continent, and generates more electricity than any hydroelectric power plant on the planet. Read more

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From the moment the floodgates of the Three Gorges Dam dam (Three Gorges Dam) began to fill, a fascinating story took shape. It’s not a legend: gigantic amounts of water raised their mass away from the Earth’s axis of rotation, and by the conservation of the angular moment, slowed the rotation of the planet. The result? One day 0.06 microseconds longer. You might be interested: Did it go up or down with the rains? This is the level of the El Sal…

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Although it is almost imperceptible to many people, this alteration can have impacts on the use of high-precision instruments.