Stay updated with breaking news from Coordinated Universal Time. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Drastic polar ice melt is slowing Earth’s rotation, counteracting a speedup from the planet’s liquid outer core. The upshot is that we might need to subtract a leap second for the first time ever within the decade
Member states of the International Bureau of Weights and Measures almost unanimously voted in support of scrapping leap seconds. The ad hoc time adjustments have caused headaches for numerous tech companies over the years.
Ice melting at both of Earth’s poles has been counteracting the planet's burst of speed and is likely to have delayed the global second of reckoning by about three years.
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
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