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Climate Change Is Making Earth Spin Slower - Impakter
- A new study links human-driven climate change to a slower Earth rotation and longer days.
- Researchers reconstructed ancient day-length fluctuations using fossil remains of benthic foraminifera.
- From 2000 to 2020, days lengthened by 1.33 milliseconds per century due to climate-related factors.
- New findings indicate the rapid rise in day length could be unparalleled over the last 3.6 million years.
- By century’s end, day length may increase by up to 2.62 milliseconds if warming continues.
- The effect on time could influence precision computing systems like GPS and space navigation.
- Study uses benthic foraminifera fossils to infer sea-level fluctuations and day-length changes.
- The study notes climate-related shifts in day length are slower than the Moon’s influence but still noteworthy.
- Editor’s note clarifies author opinions are their own, not Impakter’s.
- Findings emphasize climate change’s broad consequences beyond weather, touching time itself.
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