How? The rising temperature has caused the polar ice to melt, due to which the Earth is spinning less quickly than it would otherwise. This may cause world timekeepers to consider subtracting a ...

A study published Wednesday found that the melting of polar ice — an accelerating trend driven primarily by human-caused climate change — has caused the Earth to spin less quickly than it ...

Humanity's impact on the polar ice sheets ... to the official time standard. However, new research led by University of California geologist Duncan Agnew suggests that ice melting in Greenland ...

Scientists anticipate that a “negative leap second” might soon be required, shortening our days by a second, due to polar ice melting ... of coordinated universal time (UTC) in the 1960s ...

Melting polar ice caps are redistributing a massive amount of water from the north and south poles across the world's oceans. This is causing the earth's rotation to significantly slow.

So much polar ice is melting and flowing toward the equator that it's influencing how fast the Earth spins, complicating global timekeeping, said a paper published in Nature on Wednesday.

Melting ice at the poles due to ... second" due to be added to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) in 2026 may now be delayed until 2029, thanks to melting polar caps. This may impact computer ...

The Earth is spinning slightly faster than it was a few years ago, but the rapid melt of polar ice is keeping that acceleration in check, with consequences for timekeeping, a new study finds. The ...

Currently, we keep official time using around 450 ultra-precise atomic clocks to keep Coordinated Universal ... the official time standard. However, new research led by University of California ...