Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Earth, Environment, and Geosciences@mander.xyzEnglish · 6 months agoClimate change is messing with how we measure time: studywww.france24.comexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkClimate change is messing with how we measure time: studywww.france24.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Earth, Environment, and Geosciences@mander.xyzEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square1fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareovercast5348@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoTldr- melting ice caps have reduced the angular velocity of the Earth so we need to make some changes to UTC to account for this slow down.
Tldr- melting ice caps have reduced the angular velocity of the Earth so we need to make some changes to UTC to account for this slow down.