NEW RESEARCH SHOWS THAT EXISTING DAMS AROUND THE WORLD HOLD SO MUCH WATER, THEY HAVE SHIFTED EARTH'S POLES

The construction of thousands of dams on earth since, 1835 has displaced the weight of water to such an extent that earth's poles have wandered away from earth's rotational axis, a new research has revealed. Scientists found that large dams hold so much water they redistribute mass around the globe, shifting the position of earth's crust relative to the planet's middle layer, while the crust of earth is like a solid shell and according to the researchers, this can make the weight on the crust to cause relative shift in the mantle resulting in shift in the location of the earth's poles. Any movement of mass within the earth or on its surface changes the orientation of the rotation axis relative to the crust, a process termed true polar wander, the researchers wrote in the study made and published. The presence of the dams is not only the factor causing the polar wander, another study showed that dramatic ice melt due to climate change may move the poles by 27 metres by the end of this century and a 2023 study concluded that groundwater extraction between 1993 and 2010 caused a polar drift of 80 centimeters. The researchers examined the impact of 6862 dams built across the planet on earth's poles between 1835 and 2011 . The team used an already published data base of dams, which previously revealed that the volume of water held by these dams, had resulted in a 23 mm fall in global sea levels. Storing water behind dams caused earth's poles to move a total distance of 3.7 feet over the study period, the authors of the new research found, as we trap water behind dams not only does it remove water from the oceans, thus leading to a global sea level fall . As a result of this all the researchers believe that the impact of dams on sea levels can be a cause of concern as dams stop so much water from reaching the oceans:-- Er Fateh chand Guleria, RTI welfare Association registered number HPCD, 3552 , Bilaspur Himachal Pradesh phone number 9459334377