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Liam Gilliver

‘Unprecedented in the past 3.6 million years’: How human-made climate change is making days longer

Climate change is slowing the planet’s spin at an “unprecedented” rate compared to the past 3.6 million years – as scientists warn that our days are getting longer.

Research had previously shown how the melting of polar ice sheets and mountain glaciers is raising sea levels and slowing Earth’s rotation.

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