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Punch » 01 May 2023, 2:46 am » wrote: ↑

01 May 2023, 2:46 am

Damn. This is a serious problem, apparently.

Earth is spinning faster than usual, but why? What experts say after shortest day ever (phys.org)

Time is flying. Literally. 
Scientists at the National Physical Laboratory in England recorded the shortest day ever recently. The Earth completed its usual 24-hour rotation in less than 24 hours, the shortest day scientists began using atomic clocks to measure time.
"This is directly tied in with Climate Change," a noted expert in climatology and geophysics, Dr. Noah Bhodi, of Stanford University said. 
"The poles are becoming unstable. We prioritize our resources to stabilizing the poles to avert this existential crisis."

 But why is the Earth spinning faster? Scientists are not completely certain, but they have a few competing explanations:

• Changes to the climate or climate systems, such as melting and freezing of glaciers or winds, whose shifting weight pulls on the Earth, The New York Post reported.
• Earthquakes and other seismic activity which move mass toward the center of the Earth, like a spinning person pulling their arms in, The Guardian reported.
• Movement within the Earth's molten core that shifts mass on the planet, Forbes reported.
• Ocean circulation and pressure on the seabed that pulls on the Earth's axis, ABC reported.
• The "Chandler Wobble"—a natural shifting of the Earth's axis due to the planet not being perfectly spherical—could be linked to the spinning speeds, timeanddate.com reported.