Scientists have found out that the climate crisis is making days longer than expected in a new research study.
A new research suggested that melting glaciers and the pull exerted by the moon is disturbing the distribution of water across the planet.
Although the change is in milliseconds, the overall disturbance is huge as the natural climate continues to deteriorate.
Days Are Getting Longer
The research, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA observed that the change in time has accelerated due to the intense melting of glaciers around the globe.
The fluctuations in time are although minimal in terms of numbers but it can seriously impact “internet traffic, financial transactions and GPS navigation, all of which rely on precise timekeeping,” the research noted.
Warming’s Impact on Earth’s Space & Time
The findings give a new perspective to how scientists have been seeing the changing climate on Earth.
One researcher whom The Guardian talked to said that the crisis is really fundamentally altering how our Earth moves in space and rotates, projecting disturbance abroad.
