From 24 hours to 25-hour days? Earth’s rotation is slowing and here’s what it means for future time

Earth’s rotation is slowly slowing, scientists say, meaning days are getting longer, though the change takes millions of ...
Nature

The shuffling rotation of the Earth’s inner core revealed by earthquake doublets

Figure 1: Newly observed doublet and PKP waves. A linear, non-zero fit for all PKPdf time shifts as a function of time lapse would imply a constant rate of inner-core differential rotation with ...
WRAL

Polar ice is melting and changing Earth’s rotation. It’s messing with time itself

(CNN) — One day in the next couple of years, everyone in the world will lose a second of their time. Exactly when that will happen is being influenced by humans, according to a new study, as melting ...
ABC News

Melting polar ice is changing the Earth's rotation and affecting how we measure time: Study

Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) may lose a second for the first time. How much can change in a second? The impact of climate change has been felt across the globe in rising temperatures and rising ...
Asianet Newsable on MSN

Earth’s Rotation Day 2026: Know amazing facts about Earth’s constant motion

Earth’s Rotation Day 2026, observed on January 8, highlights how Earth’s constant rotation shapes day and night, climate, ...
IFLScience

"Nobody Expected This": Earth's Rotation Will Speed Up In July And August, Bucking The Downward Trend

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...
IFLScience

Quantum Entanglement Used To Measure Earth’s Rotation For The First Time

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...