By: Thomas Escritt, Daniel Hornak, Andra Timu, Andrea Dudik
The green excavator scooped another heap of arid dirt and rocks before swiveling around to deposit the load onto barges ready to be sunk deep into the Danube River. Watched by a group of workers in the scorching Romanian heat, it was the latest stage in a complex engineering operation with a specific goal: to gain 10 centimeters.