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Climate change is altering Earth’s rotation enough to mess with our clocks

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Climate change is altering Earth’s rotation enough to mess with our clocks

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The melting of polar ice due to global warming is affecting Earth’s rotation and could have an impact on precision timekeeping, a new study says.

The paper is here (no paywall)

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  Yeah, it sounds weird out-of-context but if you read the article, you’ll get it.

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