Earth's changing spin could subtract a second from world clocks
SAN DIEGO, California: A study in the journal Nature just publishedhas stated that for the first time in history, Earth's changing spin could force timekeepers to subtract a second from world clocks in a few years.
As the Earth rotates faster than it used to, clocks may have to skip a second, also known as a "negative leap second," around 2029.
The study's lead author Duncan Agnew, a geophysicist at the Scr