New measurements from the UK’s National Physical Laboratory show that the Earth is currently spinning faster than it did half a century ago.
The academic community has been shocked by the discovery that the Earth is spinning faster than normal – making the days shorter than expected.
New measurements from the UK’s National Physical Laboratory show that the Earth is currently spinning faster than it did half a century ago.
On June 29, the Earth’s complete rotation took 1.59 milliseconds less than 24 hours – the shortest day ever recorded.
Scientists have warned that if the rate of rotation continues to accelerate, we may have to knock a second off our atomic clocks.
“If Earth’s rapid rotation continues, it could lead to the introduction of the first negative leap second,” astrophysicist Graham Jones reported via TimeandDate.com.
“This will be required to keep urban time – which is based on the ultra-constant rhythm of individual clocks – in line with solar time, which is based on the movement of the Sun across the sky.
“The above would mean that our clocks are off by a second, which could potentially cause problems in IT systems.”
Researchers at Meta said a leap second would have colossal effects on technology and become a “major source of trouble” for hardware infrastructures.
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