Days are getting slightly longer — and it's due to climate change — NPR
So much ice is melting at the Earth's poles that it's affecting the rotation of the planet, scientists say. Its spin is slowing down slightly, causing days to get longer.
“Now, rapidly melting ice at the poles is shifting the planet's mass, raising the level of the ocean at the equator. Since 1993, global sea levels have risen by 4 inches on average and will likely rise by 2 feet or more by the end of the century, depending on how much humans curb the climate pollution generated from burning fossil fuels.
As a result, the Earth is now slightly wider at its center, which slows its rotation much like a spinning figure skater. Skaters with their arms extended spin slower than those with their arms pulled close to their bodies. Adhikari and his colleagues found that melting ice has slowed the planet's rotation by 1.33 milliseconds per century since 2000. If emissions remain high, that will increase to 2.62 milliseconds by the end of the century.”
Let’s keep the politics out of this guys.
Does the Earth need to lose water weight?
