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Mar 30, 2024
*** But this new research suggests that climate change is slowing down the acceleration of Earth's rotation and will delay that negative leap second to 2029.
" That's because Earth has spun faster and faster over the last eight years for reasons scientists are still trying to understand. "
As yet, scientists are not entirely sure what is causing this increase in Earth’s rotation rate, but some have suggested it could be due to the melting of glaciers during the 20th Century, or the accumulation of large quantities of water in northern hemisphere reservoirs. However, experts predict that this speeding up is a temporary effect and the Earth will start slowing down again in the future.
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So what is it ? It can't be both !!
