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Shutterstock / Roberto Sorin / Melting glaciers delay the first negative leap second by three years.
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Climate change is now also affecting timekeeping

Spektrum der Wissenschaft
3.4.2024
Translation: machine translated

The earth begins to rotate faster - and leap seconds become negative. This should be the case for the first time in 2026. Melting glaciers in Antarctica and Greenland are now delaying this.

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Header image: Shutterstock / Roberto Sorin / Melting glaciers delay the first negative leap second by three years.

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