Melting ice at the poles due to climate change may impact the Earth's spin, altering our global clock. According to a new paper in the journal Nature, the "leap second" due to be added to ...
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) may lose a second for the first time. How much can change in a second? The impact of climate change has been felt across the globe in rising temperatures and ...
WASHINGTON — One day in the next couple of years, everyone in the world will lose a second of their time. Exactly when that will happen is being influenced by humans, according to a new study ...
The hours and minutes that dictate our days are determined by Earth’srotation. But that rotation is not constant; it can change ever so slightly, depending on what’s happening on Earth’s ...