Shocking change in Earth’s core could alter everything we knew
A new study in Nature Geoscience reveals insights about the Earth’s core. While we often learn about the inner and outer ...
‘It’s almost science fiction’: Scientists say the shape of Earth’s inner core is changing
Researchers studying decades of earthquake data say they have found the first evidence that, in addition to spinning backward ...
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Global warming impacts Earth's rotation, posing a challenge to timekeeping
Scientists determined that before 2020, the slower rotation of the Earth around its own axis was caused by the friction of tides on the ocean floors, associated with gravitational attraction by ...
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Why Earth Is Now Spinning More Slowly—And Days Are Getting Longer
Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. A single rotation of our planet takes 24 hours and constitutes a day.
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How climate change is altering the Earth's rotation
The Earth's axis of rotation is shifting However, shifts in mass on the Earth's surface and in its interior caused by the melting ice not only change the Earth's rotational speed and the length of ...
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Earth Rotation
Last week China announced that it is building the world's largest dam in Tibet - even larger than the Three Gorges Dam, which according to NASA, has slowed the Earth's rotation by 0.06 seconds.
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Earth Rotation Day observed
Earth Rotation Day was observed globally on Wednesday. The day celebrates the rotation of planet earth on its axis which is crucial for defining time and shape of life. Earth rotates on its axis, an ...
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NASA states that China has the potential to slow down Earth’s rotation with a single action
The Three Gorges Dam in China is often praised as a marvel of modern engineering, but according to NASA, this colossal ...
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Why the longest day on Earth will always be 'today'
So, every day is getting just a touch bit longer. In 1900, a day was exactly 24 hours in length, but an analysis of ...
It’s Spring on Mars—and That Means Violently Explosive Geysers and Avalanches
The above image shows a 20-meter-long chunk of frozen carbon dioxide falling off a cliff. Rising temperatures during the ...
Earth's Inner Core Is Changing Shape And It Could Alter Our Day's Length
The rotation of the Earth's inner core is tied to the planet's overall rotation. Changes in the core's structure or movement can influence how fast or slow the Earth spins on its axis. Even minute ...
For children: The universe tells the story of Earth, its most special planet
Uranus has the craziest tilt in your Solar System. Its tilt is about ninety-eight degrees. That means its north pole is ...