Earth is spinning faster than usual, scientists shocked
The Earth is spinning faster than usual and the days are now shorter. This is at least the observation that has been made by the scientists of the UK National Physical Laboratory.
The data collected was compared to that of 50 years ago. According to the data recorded on June 29, the complete rotation of the Earth lasted 1.59 milliseconds in less than 24 hours. Some scientists already consider it necessary to review the number of seconds of our atomic clocks.
“If the Earth’s rapid rotation continues, it could lead to the introduction of the first-ever negative leap second”, said the astrophysicist Graham Jones to the platform TimeandDate.com. “This would be necessary to keep civil time – which is based on the super regular rhythm of atomic clocks – in sync with solar time, which is based on the movement of the sun across the sky », he continued.
Consequences?
Still according to the scientist, this modification in the clock would still not remain without consequences. This would have consequences in the computer systems. “The impact of a negative leap second has never been tested on a large scale; this could have a devastating effect on software relying on timers or schedulers” the researchers noted.
