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Earth is undergoing changes in its rotation due to factors such as climate change and geological shifts, which will make clocks skip a second in the near future.Close to 2029, there might be a...
Dennis McCarthy, retired director of time for the US Naval Observatory who wasn’t part of the study, said the trend toward needing a negative leap second is clear, but he thinks it’s more to do with the Earth becoming rounder from geologic shifts from the end of the last ice age
Since the polar ice is melting, the mass around the Earth's equator is increasing, which is affecting the planet's rotation.
The rate of Earth’s rotation is slowing down due to climate change, delaying the need for a “leap second” until 2029. It has consequences for global timekeeping.
The slowing is mostly caused by the effect of tides, which are caused by the pull of the moon, McCarthy said.