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In a strange twist, global warming could help timekeepers by delaying the need for history's first "negative leap second"—a minute with only 59 seconds—by three years, a study suggested.

Earth’s changing spin is threatening to toy with our sense of time, clocks and computerized society in an unprecedented way — but only for a second. For the first time in history, world timekeepers may have to consider subtracting a second from our clocks in a&...

Humanity's activities and climate change are impacting the polar ice sheets, causing excessive melting, and this is slowing Earth's rotation, challenging official timekeeping standards.

Struggle to wrap your head around daylight savings? Spare a thought for the world's timekeepers, who are trying to work out how climate change is affecting Earth's rotation -- and in turn, how we keep…

A new study says that clocks may have to skip in a second — called a “negative leap second” — around 2029.

Global warming could even help out timekeepers by delaying the need for history’s first “negative leap second” by three years.

Melting ice in Greenland and Antarctica has slowed Earth's rotation and delayed the need to put clocks back a second. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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Environment News: Timekeepers worldwide are grappling with the impact of climate change on Earth's rotation, potentially delaying the need for a 'negative leap second'

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