Time to stop in 2029? Melting polar ice slows Earth`s rotation, scientists warn...

In a never-heard situation, global warming and melting of polar ice are slowing down the rotation of Earth and this can affect how time is measured. In a study published on Wednesday (Mar 27), it was discovered that the melting of polar ice, which has been happening continuously due to climate change, has slowed down the spinning of Earth. The study's author Duncan Agnew, who is a geophysicist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San …