Earth’s Spin Is Slowing at a Pace Not Seen in Millions of Years—and You Can Guess Why

The new study described this "almost unprecedented rate of increase" in the length of an average day as a quantifiable ...
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Human Activity Is Actually Making Earth’s Days Longer

But new research suggests a new player is making an impact: us. By studying foraminifera, tiny single-celled marine organisms that leave behind fossil shells, a team of researchers from the University ...

Climate change is slowing Earth's spin at unprecedented rate compared to past 3.6 million years

Climate change is lengthening our days because rising sea levels slow Earth's rotation. Researchers from the University of Vienna and ETH Zurich now show that the current increase in day length—1.33 ...

Exhausted, nature-deprived viewers flock to ‘Slow TV’ animal cams

Modern life is fast. That might be why "Slow TV" is taking off. The genre includes nature livestreams, like the one ...
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One hour less sleep: Why daylight saving time can be hard on the heart

When the clocks move forward in spring, many people notice only a little extra fatigue, but the change may have greater effects on the body than one might expect.

Did we lose or gain an hour today? What to know about the daylight saving time change

Daylight saving time (DST) claims a variety of other names: daylight savings time, daylight time, summer time (not to be ...

Daylight saving time has arrived. Did you 'spring forward'?

Daylight saving time arrived at 2 a.m. early Sunday, March 8. For any clocks that didn't do the work for you, that means we ...