Climate change is slowing Earth's rotation at record speeds, causing GPS timing errors and navigation delays on your ...

Find out what’s speeding up Earth’s rotation and why it may force timekeepers to delete a second ...

"The current rapid rise in day length can thus be attributed primarily to human influences," said professor Benedikt Soja.

The water contained in the Earth's dams has impacted where its poles are and how fast it spins, but this one dam is making a ...

Earth is spinning faster this summer, making the days marginally shorter and attracting the attention of scientists and timekeepers. July 10 was the shortest day of the year so far, lasting 1.36 ...

Scientists announced Monday that Earth is rotating slightly faster than normal, resulting in what is expected to become the second-shortest day ever recorded since precise atomic timekeeping began.

Planet Earth is spinning a little faster today — resulting in one of the shortest days of the year. But the change will be so minuscule you won’t even notice. We’re talking even less time than the ...