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Melting polar ice is slowing the Earth’s rotation, but not enough to offset an even greater acceleration caused by changes in ...
A leap second is a one-second modification that is sometimes used with atomic clocks, whenever there is a change in Earth's ...
Earth is expected to spin slightly faster on three specific days in July and August: July 9, July 22 and August 5. This could ...
In March 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck off the east coast of Japan, and moved the Earth's axis, shortening our days ...
Earth's rotation is expected to speed up in July and August this year, resulting in shorter days. Specifically, July 9, July ...
The International Rotation and Reference Systems Service found that July 9, July 22, and August 5 will be victims of the time ...
"If the effect is real and scaling behaves the way our equations say, then the possibility becomes real," Chyba told Newsweek ...