UM-Bot Posted Saturday at 03:40 PM #1 Share Posted Saturday at 03:40 PM (IP: Staff) · The length of one Earth day has been increasing and nobody seems to know why this should be the case. https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/359733/mystery-surrounds-increase-in-the-length-of-a-day 1 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ell Posted Saturday at 04:23 PM #2 Share Posted Saturday at 04:23 PM Maybe it is due to sea level rise, due to heat expansion? https://www.nasa.gov/specials/sea-level-rise-2020/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuantumString Posted Saturday at 05:28 PM #3 Share Posted Saturday at 05:28 PM Has anyone checked with uri geller it could be his mystical doing :D 7 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Portre Posted Saturday at 05:53 PM #4 Share Posted Saturday at 05:53 PM "If Earth were to shift to even longer days, we may need to incorporate a "negative leap second" - this would be unprecedented and may break the internet." Huh? Wait! What's going to "break" the internet this time? 1 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldorado Posted Saturday at 06:23 PM #5 Share Posted Saturday at 06:23 PM The days are indeed getting shorter. Earth had its shortest day ever recorded on June 29, with the day ending 1.59 milliseconds sooner than usual, according to the National Physical Laboratory in England. Earth's rotation on its axis determines our daily cycle of sunrise and sunset. Each rotation takes 24 hours, or 86,400 seconds. https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2022/08/04/earth-completes-fastest-rotation-june-29/10233258002/ https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/62406228 1 1 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiXilver Posted Saturday at 06:24 PM #6 Share Posted Saturday at 06:24 PM 55 minutes ago, QuantumString said: Has anyone checked with uri geller it could be his mystical doing :D I bet it's all the bent spoons Uri's made over the years... they're causing drag on the spin of the earth about its axis. 2 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightly Posted Saturday at 06:25 PM #7 Share Posted Saturday at 06:25 PM (edited) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth's_rotation. Earth rotates once in about 24 hours with respect to the Sun, but once every 23 hours, 56 minutes and 4 seconds with respect to other distant stars (see below). Earth's rotation is (was) slowing slightly with time; thus, a day was shorter in the past. This is due to the tidal effects the Moon has on Earth's rotation. Atomic clocks show that a modern-day is longer by about 1.7 milliseconds than a century ago,[1] slowly increasing the rate at which UTC is adjusted by leap seconds. Analysis of historical astronomical records shows a slowing trend; the length of a day increased about 2.3 milliseconds per century since the 8th century BCE.[2] Scientists reported that in 2020 Earth has started spinning faster, after consistently spinning slower than 86,400 seconds per day in the decades before. Because of that, engineers worldwide are discussing a 'negative leap second' and other possible timekeeping measures.[3] Why it has been spinning faster since 2020… is the new ‘mystery’. ?? Edited Saturday at 06:38 PM by lightly 1 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jethrofloyd Posted Saturday at 08:04 PM #8 Share Posted Saturday at 08:04 PM My theory: It is because of covid-19. People were locked in their houses for a quite long period of a time. As a consequence, a pollution of the nature has decreased. Due to reduced carbon-dioxide pollution in that period, Earth's axis was also cleaned. As a result, the day got longer. 1 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCC1701 Posted Saturday at 08:57 PM #9 Share Posted Saturday at 08:57 PM I hate these leapseconds. 1 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Wearer of Hats Posted Saturday at 10:47 PM #10 Share Posted Saturday at 10:47 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Jon the frog Posted Sunday at 03:53 AM #11 Share Posted Sunday at 03:53 AM When the sun will go boom and engulf earth, day lenght will be a way longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Autistocrates Posted Sunday at 09:07 AM #12 Share Posted Sunday at 09:07 AM 14 hours ago, Eldorado said: The days are indeed getting shorter... I really doubt that, within our lifetimes, the Earth will revolve so fast as to propell us into our own orbits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knob Oddy Posted yesterday at 01:14 AM #13 Share Posted yesterday at 01:14 AM I've been watching the YouTuber suspicious observers. He has linked the changes in the earths rotation to CERN. And it does appear that everytime its powered up, the rotation of the earth changes slightly, returning to normal when CERN is turned off again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCC1701 Posted 9 hours ago #14 Share Posted 9 hours ago Don't tinker with the fabric of time and space, strange things may happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolci Posted 4 hours ago #15 Share Posted 4 hours ago Wouldn't digging underground bases have this effect? A hollow bunker underground and all the earth from insde dumped on the surface? And then it would speed up the rotation a bit as stuff is transported down into the bunker for construction? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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