Climate change slows Earth's rotation, lengthening days

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Climate change is causing Earth's rotation to slow, lengthening our days. This phenomenon is linked to melting ice caps redistributing water mass. The slowing rotation is attributed to the redistribution of water from melting glaciers towards the oceans, increasing Earth's inertia. This effect is now overriding other natural variations in Earth's rotation speed. This unprecedented lengthening of days, though minuscule, is a direct consequence of human-caused climate change and could impact critical technologies reliant on precise timekeeping.


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