Mega-buildings are now slowing Earth's spin

https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/human-structures-slowing-earths-spin

by amichail • 1 year ago

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lysace• 1 year ago

Click-bait.

I don't consider a dam a building.

EA-3167• 1 year ago

Even if you did (I also don't) the degree of slowing is trivial. Two milliseconds per century isn't worth an article.

JohnFen• 1 year ago

I think that mankind has built a structure that can measurably slow the earth's rotation is amazing and well worth an article, personally.

It may be trivial, but that doesn't mean it's not an interesting thing to learn about.

jasonthorsness• 1 year ago

IERS will care eventually! https://datacenter.iers.org/data/latestVersion/bulletinC.txt

thunderassasin• 1 year ago

so is it the moment of inertia thing we all learned in physics??

paulkrush• 1 year ago

Me, reading just the title and standing up in annoyance, is now slowing Earth's spin. Meanwhile, people showering (because of this so trivial comment) with well water (which ends up in the ocean) are speeding it up the earth by a factor of 1,000 or more.

Mega-buildings are now slowing Earth's spin

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