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Whoopsie, Humans Built So Many Dams That We Shifted the North Pole by 3 Feet (www.popularmechanics.com)

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[–] Frozengyro@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Sure, but it would have to be around the polar ice caps. And even then, I'd guess you'd need a dome to prevent the water from evaporating and going past the dam.

[–] haerrii@feddit.org 4 points 3 weeks ago

polar ice caps and a gigantic dome? Sounds a bit like the wet dream of a flat earther