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Climate Change Is Slowing Earth’s Rotation


Melting polar ice due to climate change is redistributing Earth's mass, slowing its rotation and slightly extending the day, as highlighted by ETH Zurich's studies supported by NASA. This indicates a greater human influence on Earth’s rotational dynamics than previously recognized. Climate change

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