negative leap second

[ad_1] Although the change will merely be of a second, the earth’s changing spin is threatening to toy with our sense of time, clocks and computerized society in an unprecedented way. Here is why for the first time in history, timekeepers may have to consider subtracting a second from our clocks in a few years.  According to the study, the planet is rotating a tad bit faster than it…

[ad_1] PARIS: Struggle to wrap your head around daylight savings? Spare a thought for the world’s timekeepers, who are trying to work out how climate change is affecting Earth’s rotation – and in turn, how we keep track of time. In a strange twist, global warming could even help out timekeepers by delaying the need for history’s first “negative leap second” by three years, a study published on Wednesday…