Melting Ice Caps Slows Earth’s Spin, Makes Days Longer – AFP

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A study released on Monday says the melting of polar ice caps is causing Earth to spin marginally more slowly because water flowing from Greenland and Antarctica has resulted in more mass around the equator, according to a report by Agence France-Presse, which said “if the Earth turns more slowly, then the length of [a] day increases by a few milliseconds.

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