Human-driven climate change is slowing Earth's rotation at a rate not seen in 3.6 million years

Today's sea level rise is significant enough to slow the rotation of the planet by just over a millisecond per century.

Earth’s Spin Is Slowing at a Pace Not Seen in Millions of Years—and You Can Guess Why

The new study described this "almost unprecedented rate of increase" in the length of an average day as a quantifiable ...

Days Are Getting Slightly Longer As Earth's Spin Is Slowing At An "Unprecedented Rate"

Between 2000 and 2020, Earth's day length increased by 1.33 milliseconds per century due to climate-related mass ...
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Earth’s spin is slowing at an unprecedented rate, thanks to climate change

Rising sea levels are slowing Earth’s rotation, lengthening how long an average day lasts. And the current rate of increase to a single average day—1.33 additional milliseconds per century—is ...

Unprecedented for 3.6 million years: Climate change is lengthening our days

Earth's rotation is slowing down faster since the late Pliocene. Days are therefore getting longer by more than a millisecond per 100 years – with consequences.