At the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service in Paris, a quiet calculation takes place several times a year. Technicians compare the world’s atomic clocks, which measure time with ...

Days are getting longer as a result of climate change, as warmer temperatures lead to a slowing of Earth’s rotation at a rate scientists say has not been seen for at least 3.6 million years. New ...

After several years of record-breaking short days, Earth’s spell of unusually rapid rotation may have peaked, with the ...

Dead satellites and drift-prone GPS coordinates aren't your phone's fault — they're side effects of something unprecedented happening to our planet. Climate change is slowing Earth's rotation at the ...

Something invisible and immense is happening beneath your feet. Published research from the University of Vienna and ETH Zurich now establishes that human activity has pushed the planet's rotation ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Earth is illuminated against the blackness of space in this ...

Days are getting longer as a result of climate change, as warmer temperatures lead to a slowing of Earth’s rotation at a rate scientists say has not been seen for at least 3.6 million years. New ...