“The cause of this acceleration is not explained," Leonid Zotov, expert on Earth rotation, explained. "Ocean and atmospheric models don’t explain this huge acceleration."
  • Zacryon@feddit.orgEnglish
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    3 days ago

    though the biggest factor is that the Moon is moving away from the Earth (who can blame it)

    • vxx@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      3 days ago

      Just to avoid confusion for others that havent read the article. That’s the reason the rotation has been slowing down for quite some time.

      The reason it’s spinning faster now is speculation for now and might be because of a shift in the earth’s core, melting ice, earthquakes or some other causes.