Oh my (long) days: Melting ice caps slow Earth's spin
Tuesday, 16 July 2024 ()
Washington (AFP) July 15, 2024
It's well known that as far as the climate crisis goes, time is of the essence. Now a study out Monday shows that the melting of the polar ice caps is causing our planet to spin more slowly, increasing the length of days at an "unprecedented" rate. The paper, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, shows that water flowing from Greenland and Antarctica is resulting
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