Timekeepers may subtract a second from clocks as soon as 2029 as planet spins slightly fasterTimekeepers may subtract a second from clocks as soon as 2029 as planet spins slightly faster

https://m.stacker.news/23904

Earth’s changing spin is threatening to toy with our sense of time, clocks and computerized society in an unprecedented way — but only for a second.

For the first time in history, world timekeepers may have to consider subtracting a second from our clocks in a few years because the planet is rotating a tad faster than it used to. Clocks may have to skip a second — called a “negative leap second” — around 2029, a study in the journal Nature said Wednesday.

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