Earth is spinning faster—three days this summer will be the shortest on record.
https://nypost.com/2025/07/02/science/summer-2025-will-have-three-of-the-shortest-days-on-record-as-earths-rotation-unexpectedly-accelerates
Earth is spinning faster—three days this summer will be the shortest on record.
https://nypost.com/2025/07/02/science/summer-2025-will-have-three-of-the-shortest-days-on-record-as-earths-rotation-unexpectedly-accelerates
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That’s interesting….my understanding is that days should be getting *longer* over time due to tidal dragging from the moon
The New York Post is where I like to get all my science news…
For anyone who didn’t click, we’ll be having up to 1.51 milliseconds less time in bed 🥱
The writer didn’t bother to get a real scientist’s view on this. Just in the last 25 years, Earth has had shorter and longer days. https://hpiers.obspm.fr/eop-pc/index.php
Someone do some math and tell me how this affects the worm gears in my telescope mounts?
Would it be noticeable?
Does this push away or bring closer the need for a leap second?
How are days getting shorter? Do they mean daylight that we see during the day? Because we still have 24 hours on the clock?
How much faster could the earth rotate before it would cause major problems for us?