It might sometimes feel like the days are starting to drag on, but scientists say that this isn't necessarily all in your head. In a new study, researchers from the University of Vienna and ETH Zurich ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rising sea levels are slowing Earth’s rotation, lengthening how long an average day lasts. And the current rate of increase to a ...

Earth takes 24 hours to complete a full rotation in a standard day, equal to exactly 86,400 seconds. July 9 was the first of three days in which a millisecond or more could be shaved off the clock on ...

On those three days, just over a millisecond is expected to be shaved off the standard 24-hour day. Of course, you're unlikely to notice such a miniscule difference in your day. But scientists who ...

The new study described this "almost unprecedented rate of increase" in the length of an average day as a quantifiable consequence of Earth's rising oceans. Reading time 3 minutes It often feels like ...