Ever since its formation around 4.5 billion years ago, Earth's rotation has been gradually slowing down, and its days have gotten progressively longer as a result. While Earth's slowdown is not ...

As reported by timeanddate, the latest figures provided by the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service show that the Earth is decelerating, with a day in 2024 lasting a fraction ...

Scientists from the University of Southern California (USC) have made a groundbreaking discovery â the Earth's inner core has ...

NASA has discovered that China's Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest hydroelectric power station, has impacted Earth's rotation. The dam's water pressure has increased the planet's moment of ...

It came against a long-term background of a gradual slowing of Earth’s rotation, caused by the the ebb and flow of tides, the flow of magma, the melting of ice caps and other factors that ...

NASA reports that the construction and operation of China's Three Gorges Dam have slightly slowed Earth's rotation by 0.06 microseconds. This effect is due to the redistribution of water mass ...