"Climate Change's Impact on Earth's Rotation and Timekeeping"
TL;DR
Earth's rotation, which has been speeding up due to dynamics in the planet's liquid outer core, is now slowing down due to the impact of global warming on the polar ice caps. This is likely to delay the need for a deleted leap second until 2028 or 2029. The redistribution of mass from the poles to the world's oceans is causing the slowdown, counteracting the previous speed-up. This unprecedented event, caused by changes in the Earth's rotation, could have significant implications for precise timekeeping in today's interconnected world.
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