Submitted 7 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to earthscience@mander.xyz
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240327-climate-change-is-messing-with-how-we-measure-time-study
Paper : www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07170-0
Tldr- melting ice caps have reduced the angular velocity of the Earth so we need to make some changes to UTC to account for this slow down.
And the world’s developers realised all their time zone kludges would need refactoring, and all groaned in unison.
overcast5348@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Tldr- melting ice caps have reduced the angular velocity of the Earth so we need to make some changes to UTC to account for this slow down.
voracitude@lemmy.world 7 months ago
And the world’s developers realised all their time zone kludges would need refactoring, and all groaned in unison.