Climate change has slowed Earth’s rotation — and could affect how we keep time

Elizabeth Gibney

Nature, 2024, vol. 628, issue 8007, 243-244

Abstract: The effect of melting polar ice could delay the need for a ‘leap second’ by three years.

Keywords: Mathematics and computing; Climate change; Geophysics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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