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the Earth's rotation rate is changing, in part due to global warming
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delaugust
4 months ago
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midzer
4 months ago
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> This slowing speeds up the rotation of the solid earth, so a day now is 0.0025 seconds shorter than it was 50 years ago. (...) Including all the causes of changes, Agnew suggests that a negative leap second might be needed some time in 2028.
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