silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 months agoEarth’s spin is slowing at an unprecedented rate, thanks to climate change | Rising sea levels are slowing Earth’s rotation, lengthening days by 1.33 milliseconds per centurywww.scientificamerican.comexternal-linkmessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up168arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up167arrow-down1external-linkEarth’s spin is slowing at an unprecedented rate, thanks to climate change | Rising sea levels are slowing Earth’s rotation, lengthening days by 1.33 milliseconds per centurywww.scientificamerican.comsilence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square7linkfedilinkfile-text
Archived copies of the article: web.archive.org ghostarchive.org archive.today — sometimes alters archived pages The papers are here and here. The first paper is paywalled, the second is open-access.
minus-squareSkeezix@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down2·2 months ago1.3 milliseconds in a century doesn’t sound like a big deal.
minus-squareWiddershins@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoAre you gonna work that extra time for free?
minus-squareGreat Blue Heron@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoYeah, it seems to be measurable if they can put a number on it - which means it is technically significant. But it does seem to be least of our problems as a result of climate change.
1.3 milliseconds in a century doesn’t sound like a big deal.
Are you gonna work that extra time for free?
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Yeah, it seems to be measurable if they can put a number on it - which means it is technically significant. But it does seem to be least of our problems as a result of climate change.