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Study finds widespread water movement linked to reservoir storage

A graduate student modeled nearly 7,000 reservoirs and reported that the stored water has shifted Earth’s pole by 44 inches. The headline provides no indication of an immediate disaster.

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Large-scale reservoir storage can affect global geophysical processes and water management.

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  1. A graduate student ran nearly 7,000 reservoirs through one model instead of the single famous dam above Yichang, and found the water behind all of them has walked the north pole 44 inches ↗ecoportal.net · Recorded source date: Aug 22, 2026, 7:31 PM UTC

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