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

Posted on 04/16/2024 6:26:08 AM PDT by 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.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: catastrophism; ecoterrorism; ecoterrorists; globalwarming; globalwarminghoax; godsgravesglyphs; greennewdeal; news
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To: Bon of Babble

Proves they’re just full of BS


21 posted on 04/16/2024 6:42:45 AM PDT by goodnesswins (The Tree of Liberty is getting thirsty...)
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To: MNDude

Its trying to speed up the time that Biden has left.


22 posted on 04/16/2024 6:43:28 AM PDT by Vermont Lt (Don’t vote for anyone over 70 years old. Get rid of the geriatric politicians.)
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To: dfwgator
Time to make the doughnuts!

(Actually Marge was up at three making doughnuts. And they are delicious.)

23 posted on 04/16/2024 6:44:43 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Roses are red, Violets are blue, I love being on the government watch list, along with all of you.)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

No. Its not.

But to the people who pay attention to this stuff it is. It’s the little things that can peak curiosity which lead to bigger things.

I doubt very much that the artificial concept of “time” is going to add or delete a second from our lives.


24 posted on 04/16/2024 6:45:22 AM PDT by Vermont Lt (Don’t vote for anyone over 70 years old. Get rid of the geriatric politicians.)
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To: dfwgator

Does anybody really care?

We’ve all got time enough to die.


25 posted on 04/16/2024 6:46:46 AM PDT by Zuriel (Acts 2:38,39....Do you believe it?)
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To: dfwgator

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cf7xA51kMes


26 posted on 04/16/2024 6:47:00 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: MNDude

Global Warming....


27 posted on 04/16/2024 6:48:16 AM PDT by G Larry (Biden Fundraising Failure: More advertising for rotting fish is unlikely to improve sales....)
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To: MNDude

Trump’s fault. Trump and those damned gasoline powered SUVs.

Womyn and minorities hardest hit.


28 posted on 04/16/2024 6:48:35 AM PDT by kennedy (No relation to those other Kennedys.)
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To: Red Badger; dfwgator

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9h1davKgBYM


29 posted on 04/16/2024 6:48:49 AM PDT by texanyankee
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To: dfwgator

25 or 6 to Four.


30 posted on 04/16/2024 6:49:14 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Gun show sales aren't the problem, public school zombie walkers are the problem.)
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To: MNDude

So, we are going to hell in a hand basket faster than we suspected. And yes, I carry a hand basket...


31 posted on 04/16/2024 6:49:22 AM PDT by alstewartfan (Child slavery, rape and drug OD's mean nothing to Roberts and Barrett. )
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To: MNDude

Talk about solid bull feces! Approx. 5 articles below THIS one on THIS page, an article states that the earth is beginning to slow down, due to melting polar ice. Global warming, dont-cha-know! Fortunately, my schedule is not tight enough to be affected, whichever one is correct. I’d hazard a wager that they are BOTH blatant lies!


32 posted on 04/16/2024 6:50:24 AM PDT by Tucker39 ("It is impossible so to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible." George Washington )
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To: logi_cal869

A second saved is a second earned!


33 posted on 04/16/2024 6:52:33 AM PDT by albie
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To: MNDude

Imagine how many black sports timekeepers this is going to screw up. Damn shame. LOL!


34 posted on 04/16/2024 6:53:13 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Gun show sales aren't the problem, public school zombie walkers are the problem.)
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To: Red Badger

OJ is supposed to be cremated today, so there’s that.


35 posted on 04/16/2024 6:53:52 AM PDT by Ezekiel (🆘️ "Come fly with US". 🔴 Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with MARS ♂️, aka every man)
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To: goodnesswins; Bon of Babble
Faster AND slower. Warmer AND colder. But....

Isn't it interesting that NEVER do these articles say "send more money" or "don't send more money." The latter is NEVER an alternative. There's a "scientific" observation with plenty of proof.

The universal constant is not G but always is "Gee, send more money."

36 posted on 04/16/2024 6:59:55 AM PDT by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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To: Vermont Lt

It’s trying to speed up the time that Biden has left.

*******

That’s probably why he looks at his watch so much.


37 posted on 04/16/2024 7:00:43 AM PDT by telescope115 (I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
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To: MNDude
EXCESS LENTH OF DAY

Data plot depicting length of day variations (in seconds) from 1962-2023, from IERS

This plot depicts the difference between mean solar time, measured by the earth's rotation, and 24 hours of "atomic time", measured by a cesium clock. Positive values indicate that the earth takes more than 24 hours to complete one rotation, negative values indicate that the earth completes one rotation in less than 24 hours. The total drift between atomic time and mean solar time in an interval is the area under the red curve in that interval. Notice that the red curve is mostly positive, but has recently gone into negative territory.

If the excess length of day averaged 0.002 seconds for a year, atomic clocks would be 0.002 x 365 = 0.073 seconds ahead of the earth. At a rate of 0.002 seconds a day, a leap second would have to be added to once every 500 days, or about twice in two years, close to the 27 leap seconds in the interval 1972-2023.

Civil time is ultimately based on mean solar time, determined so that the sun transits the Greenwich (Prime) Meridian at 12:00, on average. Astronomers and navigators want a time scale that is tied to the rotation of the earth, hence the effort to keep civil time in step with earth's rotation. Astronomers also want a time scale that is independent varying rotation of the earth, and have devised a uniform time scale, Dynamical Time, abbreviated TD, that does not incorporate leap seconds, and advances uniformly (as measured by an atomic clock) to calculate the future positions of planets and the moon. Atomic time was calibrated to match the average rotational period of the earth between around 1700 through 1900, for historical reasons.

38 posted on 04/16/2024 7:03:02 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Perdicaris alive or Raisuli dead!)
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To: MNDude

Don’t tell me… my eating beef and driving a car, heating my home in winter, using A/C in summer - is causing the earth to rotate faster… WE need to sacrifice more..

- told to us by people who live in absolute luxury -on OUR dime..


39 posted on 04/16/2024 7:06:01 AM PDT by joethedrummer (We can't vote our way out of this, folks..)
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To: MNDude

Sciences confusing

This from n b c news saying the world is spinning slower because of global warming

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4231510/posts


40 posted on 04/16/2024 7:06:35 AM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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