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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Damian Carrington Environment editor

Climate crisis is making days longer, study finds

People walk on a rainy day beneath clocks that are part of the Six Public Clocks artwork
The change in the length of the day is on the scale of milliseconds but this is enough to potentially disrupt modern life. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

The climate crisis is causing the length of each day to get longer, analysis shows, as the mass melting of polar ice reshapes the planet.

The phenomenon is a striking demonstration of how humanity’s actions are transforming the Earth, scientists said, rivalling natural processes that have existed for billions of years.

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