{"id":431545,"date":"2026-03-16T10:55:40","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T09:55:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=431545"},"modified":"2026-03-16T10:55:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T09:55:43","slug":"from-shortest-days-ever-to-the-fastest-slowdown-in-3-6-million-years-how-earths-rotation-tells-two-stories-at-once","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=431545","title":{"rendered":"From Shortest Days Ever to the Fastest Slowdown in 3.6 Million Years: How Earth&#8217;s Rotation Tells Two Stories at Once"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"687\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"431546\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=431546\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0-From-Shortest-Days-Ever-to-the-Fastest-Slowdown-in-3.6-Million-Years-How-Earths-Rotation-Tells-Two-Stories-at-Once.jpg?fit=784%2C1168&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"784,1168\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0 From Shortest Days Ever to the Fastest Slowdown in 3.6 Million Years  How Earth&amp;#8217;s Rotation Tells Two Stories at Once\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0-From-Shortest-Days-Ever-to-the-Fastest-Slowdown-in-3.6-Million-Years-How-Earths-Rotation-Tells-Two-Stories-at-Once.jpg?fit=687%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0-From-Shortest-Days-Ever-to-the-Fastest-Slowdown-in-3.6-Million-Years-How-Earths-Rotation-Tells-Two-Stories-at-Once.jpg?resize=687%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-431546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0-From-Shortest-Days-Ever-to-the-Fastest-Slowdown-in-3.6-Million-Years-How-Earths-Rotation-Tells-Two-Stories-at-Once.jpg?resize=687%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 687w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0-From-Shortest-Days-Ever-to-the-Fastest-Slowdown-in-3.6-Million-Years-How-Earths-Rotation-Tells-Two-Stories-at-Once.jpg?resize=201%2C300&amp;ssl=1 201w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0-From-Shortest-Days-Ever-to-the-Fastest-Slowdown-in-3.6-Million-Years-How-Earths-Rotation-Tells-Two-Stories-at-Once.jpg?resize=768%2C1144&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0-From-Shortest-Days-Ever-to-the-Fastest-Slowdown-in-3.6-Million-Years-How-Earths-Rotation-Tells-Two-Stories-at-Once.jpg?resize=640%2C953&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0-From-Shortest-Days-Ever-to-the-Fastest-Slowdown-in-3.6-Million-Years-How-Earths-Rotation-Tells-Two-Stories-at-Once.jpg?w=784&amp;ssl=1 784w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 687px) 100vw, 687px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are two different headlines describe the exact same planet\u2014but on completely different timescales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><em>Earth\u2019s Rotation Just Hit a New Record\u2014 Here\u2019s What That Means for Us<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>Earth\u2019s Spin Is Slowing at a Pace Not Seen in Millions of Years\u2014and You Can Guess Why<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They don&#8217;t contradict each other; they layer on top of one another like waves on a slowly drifting ocean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Here&#8217;s exactly how they fit together, based on the latest data as of March 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The 2025 Headline: \u201cEarth\u2019s Rotation Just Hit a New Record\u2014 Here\u2019s What That Means for Us\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This refers to temporary speedups in Earth&#8217;s spin that produced some of the shortest days ever recorded (June\u2013August 2025 coverage, e.g., The Daily Galaxy, CNN, TIME, Live Science).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>On dates like July 9, July 22, and August 5, 2025, Earth rotated up to 1.3\u20131.6 milliseconds faster than the standard 86,400-second day.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>These were among the shortest days since atomic-clock measurements began in the 1970s (previous record: \u20131.66 ms on July 5, 2024).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Causes: Short-term geophysical \u201cnoise\u201d \u2014 shifts in Earth\u2019s molten core, atmospheric winds, ocean currents, and seasonal effects. These can temporarily transfer angular momentum and speed up the planet.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Result: Headlines about possibly needing a negative leap second for the first time ever (to keep clocks synced). But these were blips \u2014 reversible and unnoticeable in daily life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The 2026 Headline: \u201cEarth\u2019s Spin Is Slowing at a Pace Not Seen in Millions of Years\u2014and You Can Guess Why\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is the brand-new scientific study published just days ago (March 12\u201313, 2026) by researchers from the University of Vienna and ETH Zurich in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Earth&#8217;s rotation is currently slowing down, lengthening the average day by 1.33 milliseconds per century (0.0133 ms per year).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This rate is unprecedented in at least 3.6 million years (back to the Late Pliocene).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Main driver right now: Human-caused climate change \u2014 melting ice sheets and glaciers raise sea levels, moving mass from the poles toward the equator, increasing Earth&#8217;s moment of inertia and braking the spin (like a figure skater extending their arms).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The researchers used fossil shells of benthic foraminifera to reconstruct ancient sea levels and day lengths over millions of years. The modern climate signal stands out dramatically against natural ice-age cycles and the Moon\u2019s long-term tidal slowing (~2\u20133 ms\/century baseline).<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"687\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"431569\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=431569\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0-From-Shortest-Days-Ever-to-the-Fastest-Slowdown-in-3.6-Million-Years-How-Earths-Rotation-Tells-Two-Stories-at-Once1.jpg?fit=784%2C1168&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"784,1168\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0-From Shortest Days Ever to the Fastest Slowdown in 3.6 Million Years  How Earth&amp;#8217;s Rotation Tells Two Stories at Once1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0-From-Shortest-Days-Ever-to-the-Fastest-Slowdown-in-3.6-Million-Years-How-Earths-Rotation-Tells-Two-Stories-at-Once1.jpg?fit=687%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0-From-Shortest-Days-Ever-to-the-Fastest-Slowdown-in-3.6-Million-Years-How-Earths-Rotation-Tells-Two-Stories-at-Once1.jpg?resize=687%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-431569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0-From-Shortest-Days-Ever-to-the-Fastest-Slowdown-in-3.6-Million-Years-How-Earths-Rotation-Tells-Two-Stories-at-Once1.jpg?resize=687%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 687w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0-From-Shortest-Days-Ever-to-the-Fastest-Slowdown-in-3.6-Million-Years-How-Earths-Rotation-Tells-Two-Stories-at-Once1.jpg?resize=201%2C300&amp;ssl=1 201w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0-From-Shortest-Days-Ever-to-the-Fastest-Slowdown-in-3.6-Million-Years-How-Earths-Rotation-Tells-Two-Stories-at-Once1.jpg?resize=768%2C1144&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0-From-Shortest-Days-Ever-to-the-Fastest-Slowdown-in-3.6-Million-Years-How-Earths-Rotation-Tells-Two-Stories-at-Once1.jpg?resize=640%2C953&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0-From-Shortest-Days-Ever-to-the-Fastest-Slowdown-in-3.6-Million-Years-How-Earths-Rotation-Tells-Two-Stories-at-Once1.jpg?w=784&amp;ssl=1 784w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 687px) 100vw, 687px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>How They Work Together (The Full Picture)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earth\u2019s rotation varies on multiple overlapping timescales:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Short-term (days to years): Fluctuations from core dynamics, atmosphere, and oceans \u2014 can speed up rotation (2025 \u201cshortest days\u201d records). These are the flashy headlines that grab attention.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Decadal to centennial: The underlying slowdown trend, <strong><em>here supercharged by climate change<\/em><\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Geological (millions of years): The Moon has been slowing Earth for billions of years, but nothing matches the current anthropogenic acceleration.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>In essence:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>One headline captures exciting, temporary anomalies (faster spin \u2192 shorter days).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The other reveals the profound, human-amplified geological change (slower spin \u2192 longer days, unprecedented in millions of years).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Both are true, just at different timescales.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The millisecond-scale wiggles don&#8217;t contradict the century-scale trend\u2014they&#8217;re superimposed on it. The real planetary-scale news in 2026 is the climate link to the unprecedented slowdown, adding yet another measurable way we&#8217;re reshaping Earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">_____________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Earth\u2019s Rotation Just Hit a New Record\u2014 Here\u2019s What That Means for Us<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From The <a href=\"https:\/\/dailygalaxy.com\/2025\/06\/earths-rotation-just-hit-a-new-record-heres-what-that-means-for-us\/\">Daily Galaxy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailygalaxy.com\/author\/melissa\/\">Melissa Ait Lounis<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Earth is spinning faster than ever<\/strong>, and the result is a shortening of the length of our days. Since 2020, each year has brought records for the shortest day ever, with Earth\u2019s spin accelerating by milliseconds. As we approach mid-2025, experts are predicting that Earth\u2019s rotation could once again break records. In fact, some forecasts suggest that Earth will soon experience its fastest-ever rotation, bringing us even closer to the&nbsp;<strong>shortest day<\/strong>&nbsp;since records began in 1973.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Race Against Time<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Normally, Earth takes 24 hours\u2014or&nbsp;<strong>exactly 86,400 seconds<\/strong>\u2014to complete one full rotation. This has been the standard for measuring time for centuries, but recent data shows that the planet has been rotating faster than ever before. On July 19, 2020, Earth set a new milestone by completing its daily rotation&nbsp;<strong>1.47 milliseconds shorter than 86,400 seconds<\/strong>. This wasn\u2019t a one-off event; the trend has continued since then. Just one year later, on July 5, 2021, the planet\u2019s spin was even quicker, shortening the day by 1.66 milliseconds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Experts, including those from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeanddate.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Timeanddate.com<\/a>&nbsp;and the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.iers.org\/IERS\/EN\/Home\/home_node.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS)<\/a>, suggest that Earth could set another record on or around July 9, July 22, or August 5, 2025. This marks a continued acceleration in the planet\u2019s rotation, though the exact timing remains uncertain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why Earth Is Spinning Faster?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The exact cause of Earth\u2019s increasing rotation speed remains a mystery, though scientists have several theories. A combination of factors is likely responsible for this acceleration. Changes in the movement of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailygalaxy.com\/2024\/11\/a-scientific-breakthrough-earths-core-is-leaking-iron\/\">Earth\u2019s core<\/a>, shifts in mass due to the melting of glaciers, and variations in ocean currents are all potential contributors. Also, the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/topics\/earth-and-planetary-sciences\/chandler-wobble\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chandler wobble<\/a>,\u201d the slow movement of Earth\u2019s geographic poles, may also be influencing the planet\u2019s spin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For context, Earth\u2019s rotation has been gradually slowing for centuries. However, the recent trend in acceleration is perplexing to researchers. The&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailygalaxy.com\/2019\/05\/buried-mars-ancient-north-pole-ice-sheets-found\/\">melting of large ice sheets<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailygalaxy.com\/2025\/04\/no-two-glaciers-are-identical\/\"><strong>glaciers<\/strong><\/a>, for example, has redistributed mass on the planet, potentially altering the rate at which Earth rotates. Scientists believe this could lead to slight variations in the length of each day, with these changes being small but measurable on atomic clocks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Read the full story <a href=\"https:\/\/dailygalaxy.com\/2025\/06\/earths-rotation-just-hit-a-new-record-heres-what-that-means-for-us\/\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Earth\u2019s Spin Is Slowing at a Pace Not Seen in Millions of Years\u2014and You Can Guess Why<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/earths-spin-is-slowing-at-a-pace-not-seen-in-millions-of-years-and-you-can-guess-why-2000733332\">Gizmodo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/author\/matthew-phelan\">Matthew Phelan<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The new study described this &#8220;almost unprecedented rate of increase&#8221; in the length of an average day as a quantifiable consequence of Earth&#8217;s rising oceans.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It often feels like the world is spinning faster and faster, just out of control these days, right? Well, I\u2019m sorry to report that this visceral first impression appears to be wrong: New research suggests planet Earth\u2019s spin has been slowing down dramatically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Geophysics researchers in Vienna and Zurich have deployed paleoclimate data, primarily global sea level variations since the Late Pliocene, to provide the broadest estimate yet on the changing rate of Earth\u2019s rotation. They\u2019ve found that from 2000 to 2020, our days have gotten longer by roughly 1.33 milliseconds (ms) per century\u2014the most rapidly that Earth\u2019s spin has slowed down since the time of gigantic mastodons and saber-toothed cats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis rapid increase in day length implies that the rate of modern climate change has been unprecedented at least since the late Pliocene, 3.6 million years ago,\u201d study coauthor Benedikt Soja, a professor of space geodesy at ETH Zurich, said in a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2026-03-climate-earth-unprecedented-million-years.html\">press statement<\/a>. \u201cThe current rapid rise in day length can thus be attributed primarily to human influences,\u201d according to Soja.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Big ocean-induced drag<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Soja and his colleagues refer to this phenomenon as \u201ccontinental-ocean mass redistribution\u201d in their research, including their latest&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2025JB032161\">published<\/a>&nbsp;Tuesday in the&nbsp;<em>Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth<\/em>. As melt from polar ice sheets and mountain glaciers pools down into Earth\u2019s oceans, extra water weight builds up in those wider lower latitudes of the globe near the equator, where all this extra mass is more likely to drag on Earth\u2019s spin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Soja\u2019s coauthor, Mostafa Kiani Shahvandi, likened the phenomena in a press statement to \u201ca figure skater who spins more slowly once they stretch their arms, and more rapidly once they keep their hands close to their body.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOnly one time\u2014around 2 million years ago\u2014the rate of change in length of day was nearly comparable, but never before or after that has the planetary \u2018figure skater\u2019 raised her arms and sea levels so quickly as in 2000 to 2020,\u201d according to Kiani Shahvandi, a postdoctoral researcher with the University of Vienna\u2019s Department of Meteorology and Geophysics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Read the full story <a href=\"https:\/\/dailygalaxy.com\/2025\/06\/earths-rotation-just-hit-a-new-record-heres-what-that-means-for-us\/\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are two different headlines describe the exact same planet\u2014but on completely different timescales.<br \/>\nThey don&#8217;t contradict each other; they layer on top of one another like waves on a slowly drifting ocean.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":431546,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691841902,691834872,691820323,691841901,691841900],"class_list":["post-431545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-chandler-wobble-or-free-eulerian-nutation","tag-earths-rotation-2","tag-earths-spin","tag-physics-informed-diffusion-model-pidm","tag-university-of-viennas-department-of-meteorology-and-geophysics","fallback-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0-From-Shortest-Days-Ever-to-the-Fastest-Slowdown-in-3.6-Million-Years-How-Earths-Rotation-Tells-Two-Stories-at-Once.jpg?fit=784%2C1168&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1Ogp","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":241607,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=241607","url_meta":{"origin":431545,"position":0},"title":"Earth&#8217;s inner core rotating slower than surface, study suggests (Update)","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"01\/26\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Earth's inner core, a hot iron ball the size of Pluto, has stopped spinning faster than the planet's surface and might now be rotating slower than it, research suggested on Monday.","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image-1117.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image-1117.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image-1117.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image-1117.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image-1117.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":287888,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=287888","url_meta":{"origin":431545,"position":1},"title":"Recording the first daily measurements of Earth&#8217;s rotation shifts","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"11\/14\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"An exact knowledge of the instantaneous Earth\u2019s rotation rate is indispensable for accurate navigation and geolocation. 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