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NASA's Expedition 19 crew captured satellite imagery of man-made object that's slowing down Earth's rotation
Captured during Expedition 19, NASA’s satellite photos show how the Three Gorges Dam subtly changes Earth’s rotation and axis ...
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How the world's largest dam works
Today, there are over 30,000 dams in the world. Most of them are created according to standard projects and are designed to ...
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An Elevator for 3,000-Ton Ships, Thanks to Archimedes
The Three Gorges Dam, China’s marvel on the Yangtze River, is one of the world’s largest engineering projects—the product of 37 million cubic yards of concrete. Its final feature ...
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Another Three Gorges Dam above Earth? China plans to build an enormous 1-kilometer-wide solar power station in space that will beam continuous energy back to Earth
It has been dubbed "another Three Gorges Dam project above the Earth ... China is not the only nation eyeing plans for solar satellite arrays. U.S. companies Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman ...
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Water levels at China’s Three Gorges near maximum after flooding rains
SHANGHAI--Water levels at China’s giant Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze river are inching closer to their maximum after torrential rains raised inflows to a record high, official data showed on ...
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‘Adding 0.06 microseconds to each day’: How Chinese dams are slowing Earth’s spin
Mega-buildings and dams like China’s Three Gorges Dam are subtly shifting Earth’s rotation. With its 40 billion cubic meters of water, the dam affects our planet’s spin, adding 0.06 ...