Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Earth, Environment, and Geosciences@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year agoClimate change is messing with how we measure time: studywww.france24.comexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up119arrow-down1external-linkClimate change is messing with how we measure time: studywww.france24.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Earth, Environment, and Geosciences@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square2fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareovercast5348linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoTldr- 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.
minus-squarevoracitudelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoAnd the world’s developers realised their time zone kludges would need refactoring, and all groaned in unison.
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 their time zone kludges would need refactoring, and all groaned in unison.