Scientists were shocked to discover that Earth had broken the record for completing the fastest spin in history since records began to be written.

According to the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS), the planet was 1.59 milliseconds faster than normal.

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While a few years ago this agency included leap seconds to compensate for the slow return (most recently in 2016), analysts have now determined that the return is accelerating. In fact, you may be starting with a 50-year period when the days are shorter.

According to some data from ‘Forbes’ magazine, the shortest 28 days in history since 1960 were recorded in 2020, but two new records were introduced in July and June 2022. June 29, the shortest ever recorded This was followed by Tuesday, July 26, which was 1.50 milliseconds faster than the designated 24 hours.

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The reason for this acceleration in the Earth’s rotation process has not yet been definitively determined, but there have been some theories that have been formulated since these phenomena began to occur.

For example, melting glaciers it could mean that there is less weight at the poles and therefore an easier time for the earth to rotate.

Likewise, ‘Business Insider’ stated that this is also due to Chandler Wobble, a small deviation in the planet’s rotation axis.

As presented by the authors of the hypothesis, doctors Leonid Zotov, Christian Bizouard, and Nikolay Sidorenkov this week at the Geosciences Society of Asia and Oceania, this The phenomenon is similar to the shaking of a hill when it starts to gain momentum or slows down.

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“The normal amplitude of the Chandler wobble is about three or four meters at the Earth’s surface … but it disappeared from 2017 to 2020,” Zotov told timeanddate.com.

This change in the rotational system of our planet has led to consideration of introducing the first additional negative second. This means our watches will have to skip a second to catch up with civil time.Based on stable records of atomic clocks tuned to solar time.

Some analysts say this will hurt IT services as the time system will be significantly restructured.

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