A faster spinning Earth may cause timekeepers to subtract a second from world clocks
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A faster spinning Earth may cause timekeepers to subtract a second from world clocks
"For the first time in history, world timekeepers may have to consider subtracting a second from our clocks in a few years because the planet is rotating a tad faster than it used to. Clocks may have to skip a second — called a “negative leap second” — around 2029, a study in the journal Nature said Wednesday."
https://apnews.com/article/leap-second- ... 04897032a4
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Re: A faster spinning Earth may cause timekeepers to subtract a second from world clocks
But I always thought time is speeding up
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