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Melting Ice, Shifting Time: The Unforeseen Impact of Climate Change on Earth's Rotation - Industry Tap

NASA is developing a moon-centric time reference system with a souped-up clock, adjusting for the moon's faster time due to less gravity

A study led by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California suggests that instead of regularly adding a second to world clocks, timekeepers might have to start subtracting seconds starting around 2029. Scientists attribute the change in time to changes in Earth’s magnetic field, masked by the melting of sea ice in polar regions.

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.

As the time we use on our clocks diverges from solar time, scientists are calling for a better solution to keep the two in sync.

Reports indicate the conventional 24-hour rotation of Earth was short by 1.59 milliseconds. Earth's shortest day has been recorded after scientists revealed that our planet spun faster than normal, leading to a shortage of 1.

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