Earth is spinning faster than it used to. Clocks might have to skip a second to keep up.

CBS News ^

[MNDude]

Earth's changing spin is threatening to toy with our sense of time, clocks and computerized society in an unprecedented way — but only for a second.

For the first time in history, world timekeepers may have to consider subtracting a second from our clocks in a few years because the planet is rotating a tad faster than it used to. Clocks may have to skip a second — called a "negative leap second" — around 2029, a study in the journal Nature said Wednesday.

[ClearCase_guy]

[Yo-Yo]

It's all Elon Musk's fault.

He's launched so many Starlink satellites into orbit that the mass of Earth has been reduced, speeding up its spin.

[logi_cal869]

Melting polar ice is slowing the Earth's rotation, with possible consequences for timekeeping

Oh, somewhere, somehow one of these headlines is probably being labeled 'racist'.

The irony is that the contrast is cliche'.

[rktman]

Either climate change or PDJT.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Stop five people on the street and ask them what time it is on their watches. You’ll get five different answers. I don’t really think one second is that big of a deal.

[catnipman]

wait just a darn nanosecond! NBC just said the earth’s rotation is slowing ... can’t these liars get their lies straight?

[Racketeer]

Now the old saying “Wait just a second” really means something!!

[Red Badger]

Oh, great, just when I was getting used to Daylight Savings Time, they throw in this...............

[Red Badger]

That’s beacuse time is relative............

[Red Badger]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgXozIma-Oc

[Racketeer]

Now we know why she should have stayed away from the Tree of Knowlege.

Now they Vote!!

[MtnClimber]

They have had to add leap seconds in the past due to slight slowing in the spin of Earth. So this would just be removing one that had previously been added.

[TomGuy]

CBS says it is spinning faster. NBC says it is slowing.

ABC for the tie-breaker?

[Bon of Babble]

Well, which it is?

These two stories were posted on the same day — one from NBC News and the other from CBS News:

https://notthebee.com/article/cbs-news-and-nbc-news-published-these-two-stories-on-the-same-day-a-few-weeks-ago

[fwdude]

Dang, now I’ll miss MORE sleep.

[dfwgator]

Does anybody really know what time it is?

[dfwgator]

Time isn’t holding up, time isn’t after us
Same as it ever was, same as it ever was

[themidnightskulker]

Is there nothing that global warming cannot do?

[Red Badger]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oSRvcdlgSI