Global warming slows the rotation of the Earth and causes the Earth’s day to lengthen. This is because of the strong wind it causes.
British scientists have discovered a surprising and completely unexpected consequence of global climate change. The discovery was made by Professor Adam Scaife of the University of Exeter, who published the results of the study in the scientific journal Nature Geoscience.
It turns out that global warming affects not only the weather, rain and drought, but also the length of the day and the speed of the Earth’s rotation.
More than a year ago, scientists led by Adam Scaife designed a complex mathematical model that allowed predicting changes in the rate of rotation of the Earth and the length of the day associated with it, which previously thought impossible.
Skyev and colleagues convincingly demonstrated the relationship between geodesy (accurate measurements of the shape, size and position of our planet, as well as gravity) and climate predictions.
Due to global warming, wind speed and direction are changing, as are the paths of hurricanes and anticyclones. It is an accepted fact that the winds are stronger and the atmosphere as a whole is moving faster, thus somewhat slowing down the rotation of the Earth around its axis. Because of this, Earth’s days are getting longer. It’s not about 25 hours instead of 24 hours, it’s just fractions of a second difference.
Yes, the length of the day varies slightly. However, such changes are important, for example, for the Global Positioning System (GPS) and other purposes where precise measurements are required.
The model prepared by the scientists made it possible to predict significant changes in weather conditions throughout the planet, such as jet currents in the atmosphere and weather changes in the North Atlantic region.
Source: Komsomolskaya Pravda
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