Earth's Rotation Accelerates This Summer, Shortening Days
TL;DR
Earth will spin slightly faster on three days this summer, resulting in minuscule shorter days due to gravitational and geological factors, with changes measured in milliseconds, but these fluctuations are imperceptible to humans.
- Earth's rotation is speeding up for 3 days this summer — starting today Yahoo
- Earth is going to spin much faster over the next few months — so fast that several days are going to get shorter Live Science
- Why is the Earth spinning faster? Is time speeding up? Australia’s experts give us their second opinion The Guardian
- Earth's speeding rotation will shorten the day on July 9 WTHR
- Short the Long Bond on the Shortest Day Ever Global Macro Monitor
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