"The current rapid rise in day length can thus be attributed primarily to human influences," said professor Benedikt Soja.

But new research suggests a new player is making an impact: us. By studying foraminifera, tiny single-celled marine organisms that leave behind fossil shells, a team of researchers from the University ...

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

As if it's not already hard enough to find the time to do everything you need to do in a day, now you're about to lose another whole millisecond or more. In fact, experts say Tuesday, July 22, could ...

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. Scientists call this difference crucial to ...

We know Earth’s rotation on a cosmic scale, but seeing it close up requires quantum mechanics. Interferometry is the use of light waves, sound, etc., to identify changes in matter or motion. New ...

Looking out to the future, we see a gradual but also very important shift occurring right under our feet; the Earth's own rhythm has begun to alter an.

On those three days, just over a millisecond is expected to be shaved off the standard 24-hour day. Of course, you're unlikely to notice such a miniscule difference in your day. But scientists who ...

Climate change is causing the ice masses in Greenland and Antarctica to melt. Water from the polar regions is flowing into the world’s oceans –and especially into the equatorial region. “This means ...

Japanese researchers investigated ancient texts from the 4th to 7th centuries CE to identify five total solar eclipses near the Eastern Mediterranean and improve the model of the Earth's rotation over ...