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Global climate change linked to delay in unveiling of negative leap second
Fox Weather via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoA study led by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California suggests that...
Climate change could affect timekeeping, study says
BBC via Yahoo News· 11 hours ago"Many computer programs for leap seconds assume they are all positive, so these would have to be rewritten," he added. There has been some scepticism of...
A faster spinning Earth may cause timekeepers to subtract a second from world clocks
Alabama's 13· 5 hours ago"This is an unprecedented situation and a big deal," said the study's lead author, Duncan Agnew, a...
A chronology of the April 8 total solar eclipse
Space via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoA container ship or fishing trawler that might fortuitously happen to be in this part of the Pacific Ocean during this time frame might witness (should...
When the Sun Goes Dark, Astronomer and Artist Tyler Nordgren Gets to Work
The New York Observer· 3 days agoWhile some places in central and upstate New York are still blanketed in snow, the Rochester Museum...
Climate change is messing with how we measure time: study
AFP via Yahoo News· 1 day agoStruggle to wrap your head around daylight savings?If the need for an "unprecedented" negative leap...
John Wheeler: Calculated sunrise and sunset times have a fixed definition
The Fargo Forum· 7 days agoWith the vernal equinox now passed, the days will begin to become noticeably longer than the nights...
Climate change is altering Earth’s rotation enough to mess with our clocks
Washington Post· 2 days agoClimate change is messing with time itself. The melting of polar ice due to global warming is...
NASA's new astronauts are excited for April's total eclipse: 'I'm going to be that little kid all...
SPACE.com· 16 hours agoNew NASA astronaut Andre Douglas used to study the sun's behavior for a living. This puts Douglas,...