Briefing: ‘Unprecedented in the past 3.6 million years’: How human-made climate change is making days longer

According to a study published by EuroNews, human activities are contributing to a slowdown in the Earth's spin, which is leading to an increase in the length of days.

This finding highlights significant implications for our understanding of Earth's rotational dynamics, suggesting that anthropogenic factors are influencing fundamental planetary processes.

The study notes that such changes have not been recorded in the last 3.6 million years, emphasizing the unprecedented nature of current climate impacts on Earth's systems.