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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
World
Tamara Davison

How can climate change affect the earth’s rotation – and subsequently time itself?

Global warming has slowed down our planet's rotation, which may affect time in the future.

The impact of human-made emissions on our planet is impossible to ignore but this is the first time that scientists have discovered its consequences for timekeeping.

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