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Melting ice solves leap-second problem – for now

nature.com
1 分·作者 raindev·去年·1 评论

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raindev
·去年·讨论
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raindev
·去年·讨论
A few points I find interesting:

- in 2022 a decision was made to abolish leap seconds by 2035, by allowing UTC to drift from the time as defined by Earth's rotation (UT1)

- negative leap seconds, while established, were never actually used

- ice melting caused by climate change has a slowing down effect on rotation of the planet, delaying a need for a negative leap second until 2029, otherwise forecasted in 2026