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How climate change is altering the Earth's rotation
The initially fast rotation becomes slower because the masses move away from the axis of rotation, increasing physical inertia ... change affects the polar motion and the length of the day.
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NASA warns: China’s Three Gorges Dam could slow Earth’s rotation by 0.06 seconds; here’s how
This effect is due to the redistribution of water mass, changing Earth's moment of inertia. The dam ... subtly acting upon the Earth's rotational motion. How the Three Gorges Dam's redistribution ...
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Why Earth Is Now Spinning More Slowly—And Days Are Getting Longer
As mass moves away from the axis of rotation, physical inertia increases and the initially ... that’s down to both the melting of the ice caps and the motion within Earth’s interior.