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Earth’s Rotation Is Being Affected By Climate Change
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5/10/2025
We all know that human activity is causing our planet to warm up at an unprecedented rate, but you probably didn’t know that it’s also changing the speed and shape of the planet as well? And the implications of that could be huge.
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We all know that human activity is causing our planet to warm up at an unprecedented rate.
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But you probably didn't know that it's also changing the speed and shape of the planet as well.
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And the implications of that could be huge.
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According to the study's author Duncan Agnew,
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enough ice has melted to move sea level enough
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that we can actually see the rate of Earth's rotation has been affected.
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The researchers conclude that while this won't affect the creatures on the planet
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quite like rising sea levels or ecosystems in turmoil,
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it will change time as we know it.
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Timekeeping is all about the sun's position in the sky in regards to the Earth's rotation,
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meaning any change to the Earth's rotation will affect our ability to maintain time as we know it.
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Experts have been tracking and adding a second to the atomic timescale
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around every one and a half years or so since 1972,
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to account for natural misalignments in these readings.
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However, in the last eight years, they haven't needed to.
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That's because the Earth's rotation is slowing down ever so slightly.
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The researchers say that by 2026,
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we might actually have to start subtracting a second.
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And while it doesn't seem like a big deal,
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it might affect things like computing.
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Timekeeping is very important,
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even in areas where it might seem superfluous,
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with financial exchanges and even GPS relying heavily on precise timekeeping.
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Meaning as the climate change dominoes continue to fall,
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humankind could be in for even more surprises.
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