Earth’s days are getting longer. Climate change is to blame

Rising sea levels are slowing Earth’s rotation, lengthening how long an average day lasts. Incredibly, climate change is ...
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Earth's rotation speeds up, causing shorter days in July due to Moon’s new alignment on these dates

As of today, July 9, 2025, Earth is experiencing one of the shortest days ever recorded—and it's only the beginning. Following today’s exceptionally brief rotation, similar millisecond-shortened days ...
Yahoo

Earth's rotation is speeding up today for the 3rd and final time this summer

Planet Earth is spinning a little faster today — resulting in one of the shortest days of the year. But the change will be so minuscule you won’t even notice. We’re talking even less time than the ...
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Earth’s Rotation Is Speeding Up This Summer. Here’s Why

If you’re the kind of person who gets a lot done, you’re grateful for every one of the 86,400 seconds that make up a day. On July 9, however, as well as on July 22, and August 5, you won’t get your ...
The Providence Journal

Is Earth's rotation speeding up? Why these 3 summer days may be shorter than usual

Earth spun just a bit faster than usual on July 9 and is expected to do so again on July 22 and Aug. 5, according to the website TimeAndDate. Over a millisecond was reportedly shaved off the clock on ...

Earth’s Spin Is Slowing at a Pace Not Seen in Millions of Years—and You Can Guess Why

The new study described this "almost unprecedented rate of increase" in the length of an average day as a quantifiable ...
Men's Journal

Earth’s Rotation To Force Shorter Days This Summer. Here’s Why

(Photo by Planet Observer/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) The standard day on Earth consists of 24 hours, which is 1,440 minutes and 86,400 seconds. However, shorter days are ahead in the ...