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10 January 2021, 8:38 pm EST By
It seems like even the Earth just wants to hurry up this 2021, so everything can be back to normal once again. Will it be? Should the Earth calm down perhaps? Scientists claim that the Earth is showing signs of spinning faster than it should be after decades of slowing down.
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IN SPACE - AUGUST 21: In this NASA handout, the umbra, or moon s shadow, passes over Earth during the total eclipse Monday, August 21, 2017. Viewing the eclipse from orbit were NASA s Randy Bresnik, Jack Fischer and Peggy Whitson, ESA (European Space Agency s) Paolo Nespoli, and Roscosmos Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and Sergey Ryazanskiy. The space station crossed the path of the eclipse three times as it orbited above the continental United States at an altitude of 250 miles.
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Earth s rotation speed slowed ever-so-slightly in recent decades, but the trend is now spinning in the other direction. (Dreamstime/TNS)
Earth’s spin is believed to be speeding up
As Earth’s rotation speed slowed ever-so-slightly in recent decades, leap seconds were added intermittently to keep clocks up to date.
But if a new trend holds, time might need to be turned in the other direction some day soon.
Earlier this month, The Daily Telegraph reported that Earth has reached its quickest spin speeds in the past half-century.
“It’s quite possible that a negative leap second will be needed if Earth’s rotation rate increases further,” said Peter Whibberley, a senior research scientist with Britain’s National Physical Laboratory, according to The Daily Telegraph.
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