Earth’s spin is slowing at an unprecedented rate, thanks to climate change | Rising sea levels are slowing Earth’s rotation, lengthening days by 1.33 milliseconds per century

silence7@slrpnk.net · 2 months ago

Earth’s spin is slowing at an unprecedented rate, thanks to climate change | Rising sea levels are slowing Earth’s rotation, lengthening days by 1.33 milliseconds per century

Skeezix@lemmy.world · 2 months ago

1.3 milliseconds in a century doesn’t sound like a big deal.

Widdershins@lemmy.world · 2 months ago

Are you gonna work that extra time for free?

rmrf@lemmy.ml · 2 months ago

Based

Great Blue Heron@lemmy.ca · 2 months ago

Yeah, it seems to be measurable if they can put a number on it - which means it is technically significant. But it does seem to be least of our problems as a result of climate change.

Earth’s spin is slowing at an unprecedented rate, thanks to climate change | Rising sea levels are slowing Earth’s rotation, lengthening days by 1.33 milliseconds per century

Earth’s spin is slowing at an unprecedented rate, thanks to climate change | Rising sea levels are slowing Earth’s rotation, lengthening days by 1.33 milliseconds per century

Earth’s days are getting longer at an unprecedented rate. Climate change is to blame