Climate Change Slows Earth's Spin, Lengthens Days
TL;DR
Climate change is causing the melting of Greenland and Antarctic ice, redistributing Earth's mass and slowing its rotation, which lengthens days by a few milliseconds. Supported by NASA, ETH Zurich researchers found that this impact could surpass the moon's influence on Earth's rotational speed and is also shifting the Earth's axis of rotation. This highlights a greater human influence on Earth's rotational dynamics than previously recognized.
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