SAEDNEWS: China’s Three Gorges Dam isn’t just an engineering marvel—NASA says its massive water shift has slowed Earth’s rotation! Discover the cosmic impact of human activity on our planet.
According to the science desk of SaedNews, imagine a colossal human-made structure that doesn’t just tame a river—it affects the entire planet! NASA has recently confirmed that the Three Gorges Dam—the world’s largest hydroelectric power station in China—has shifted about 39 billion cubic meters of water (roughly 10 trillion gallons), nudging Earth’s axis by approximately 2 centimeters and slightly slowing its rotation. This finding, based on calculations by NASA physicists such as Benjamin Fong Chao, illustrates how redistributing such massive amounts of water over a 175-meter height changes Earth’s moment of inertia—much like a figure skater extending her arms to spin more slowly.
