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Reservoirs speed up Earth's spin (1996) (findarticles.com)
8 points by RiderOfGiraffes on Jan 30, 2010 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments




... by 0.000000125 seconds over the last 40 years.


"Due to the reservoir effect, the day 40 years ago was longer than today by about 8 millionths of a second," says Chao




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