The Guardian states that on both June 29 and July 26, our planet completed one rotation around its axis in less than a day, that is, in 24 hours. On June 29, the day was shortened by 1.59 milliseconds, and on July 26 by 1.50 milliseconds. This means that the Earth is really starting to spin faster. But why did this happen?
Scientists cannot fully answer this question. But he has a few guesses.
According to The New York Post, it could be climate change. That is, in melting ice, freezing of glaciers, etc.
The Guardian writes that the increase in rotational speed is associated with earthquakes and other seismic activity.
There are other hypotheses as well. For example, Forbes reports that the acceleration of the planet’s rotation is due to motion inside the Earth’s molten core, ABC – this is because of the ocean’s circulation and pressure on the seafloor, timeanddate.com – the point is: the natural displacement of the planet’s axis (otherwise called the “Chandler oscillation”). ‘ is called).
Source: Ferra
