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A day on Earth could now be of 25 hours due to..., China's Three Gorges dam will now be...

We have been taught from the very beginning that a day on earth consists of 24 hours; however scientists have now begun to say that due to certain factors like the drifting away of moon and melting of ...
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Does China's Biggest Dam Actually Slow Down The Earth's Rotation?

When we talk about feats of engineering, very few megastructures on Earth rival the sheer scale of China's Three Gorges Dam. It's located in Hubei province, spanning the mighty Yangtze River, and it's ...
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This Controversial Chinese Dam Is So Big It Messed With the Planet

The Three Gorges Dam in China is a structure so huge that it controls one of the world's most powerful rivers—and even slightly slows down the Earth’s rotation. It was built to generate electricity, ...
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Already Armed With a Dam Capable of Slowing Down Earth’s Rotation, China Is Now Building an Even Bigger $165 Billion Hydropower Giant

China has begun work on what could become the world’s most powerful hydropower station, deep in the Tibetan plateau, a move that is already sparking unease across South Asia. The Motuo project, ...
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It's True: China’s Three Gorges Dam Is So Big It Changes Earth's Spin

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Three Gorges Dam

August 8, 2025 News Editor Comments Off on World’s Largest Dam Breaks Ground on Tibet’s Longest River LINZI CITY, Tibet Autonomous Region, August 6, 2025 (ENS) – The world’s largest hydroelectric ...