Earth's rotation accelerating: Negative leap second needed by 2029
New research reveals Earth's rotation is accelerating due to climate change, potentially requiring a 'negative leap second' to be removed from global timekeeping by 2029.
New research reveals Earth's rotation is accelerating due to climate change, potentially requiring a 'negative leap second' to be removed from global timekeeping by 2029.
Our planet is spinning faster than at any time in the last 50 years, forcing scientists to consider an unprecedented 'negative leap second' as atomic time and Earth's rotation fall out of sync.
Scientists warn that Earth's rotation is accelerating, potentially forcing clocks to skip a second for the first time ever. Find out why this is happening and what it means for timekeeping.
Earth's rotation has mysteriously accelerated, prompting scientists to debate a 'negative leap second'—a never-before-used timekeeping adjustment.
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