The Earth is spinning faster now than at any time in the past half century

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If 2020 felt like a drag, you may be surprised to discover it actually went faster than you thought ... and this year is set to be even speedier.

The Earth has been spinning unusually quickly lately, and July 19 saw the shortest day since records began, with the planet completing its rotation in 1.4602 milliseconds less than the usual 86,400 seconds.

The previous shortest day in 2005 was beaten 28 times last year, and 2021 is on track to be the most nippy year ever, with the average day passing 0.5 milliseconds faster than usual.

In recent decades, Earth's average rotational speed has consistently decreased and timekeepers have been forced to add 27 leap seconds to atomic time since the 1970s to keep clocks in sync with the slowing planet. The last one was added on New Year’s Eve 2016, when clocks around the world paused for a second to allow the Earth’s rotation to catch up.

Now the planet is speeding up and a negative leap second may soon be needed so atomic clocks can align correctly with the turning world. 
The World Radiocommunication Conference will decide on the fate of the leap second in 2023.

https://news.yahoo.com/earth-spinning-faster-now-time-185517858.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw&tsrc=twtr

[Guest]

How can it affect us? 

[Bubblegum Bitch 18,934]

You spin me right 'round, baby, right 'round
Like a record, baby, right 'round, 'round, 'round

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5 minutes ago, Sour Candy said:

How can it affect us? 

last time when leap second was added it crashed half of the Internet so be prepared for GGD crash

[Better Day 5,766]

15 minutes ago, Sour Candy said:

How can it affect us? 

Nothing, it doesn’t affect us at all. It is a natural occurrence. Time is a social construct 

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19 minutes ago, Sour Candy said:

How can it affect us? 

If the changes happen slowly over time then living things will adapt to it. Our surroundings however 

Expect extreme natural disasters the faster the earth rotates  

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2 minutes ago, FFXIV WhiteMage said:

If the changes happen slowly over time then living things will adapt to it. Our surroundings however 

Expect extreme natural disasters 

Um no, actually lol

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6 minutes ago, FFXIV WhiteMage said:

If the changes happen slowly over time then living things will adapt to it. Our surroundings however 

Expect extreme natural disasters the faster the earth rotates  

Nothing like that, unless it is a sudden change nothing will change. The earth has been speeding up for 4.5 billion years and will continue to do so. I read 1.7 billion years ago a day was 21 hours. It will change slowly over time

[PhantomOfTheDance 13,795]

I knew 2020 went by pretty fast. Thought it was just me enjoying the moment

[Early Version 520]

All those numbers.. Congrats Earth for being so fast I guess.. 

[lanadelgagabitc 750]

this is why i have been those headaches for a while

[Guest]

Chilll earth lemme get my  life in order first shitttt 

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9 hours ago, lestyoufall said:

Um no, actually lol

 

9 hours ago, Miss Dolly said:

Nothing like that, unless it is a sudden change nothing will change. The earth has been speeding up for 4.5 billion years and will continue to do so. I read 1.7 billion years ago a day was 21 hours. It will change slowly over time

https://www.popsci.com/earth-spin-faster/


https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.express.co.uk/news/science/1125470/what-is-climate-change-how-fast-does-the-earth-spin-global-warming-definition/amp

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Things will change as a  planet spins faster, not immediately though. It is extrapolated that as earth spins faster then there will be huge effect on the environment. Climate, tectonic plate movement, etc.
 

Of course it will take eons to reach that point and “us” won’t experience it in our lifetime. Nonetheless, as earth spins faster then expect deadlier natural disasters. I just dropped that one liner because I was lazy to elaborate 
 

here’s a more specific article regarding the correlation between the climate and planetary rotation 

https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/coriolis-effect/#:~:text=The Coriolis effect is responsible,it does at the poles.

 

 

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10 hours ago, Miss Dolly said:

Nothing, it doesn’t affect us at all. It is a natural occurrence. Time is a social construct 

It's not. It's literally the 4th dimension