"You may already feel as if there's not enough time in the day. But it's not just your imagination - the days have been getting shorter. According to scientists, July 9, July 22 and August 5 this year were between 1.3 and 1.51 milliseconds shorter than the standard 24-hour day. Although the exact reason is still a mystery, there could be several causes, such as changes in the atmosphere, the melting of glaciers, motion in the Earth's core, and a weakening magnetic field."
"In 'Circular Motion' by Alex Foster, days on Earth last 23 hours, then 20 hours, and then eventually two hours. Like a supercharged spinning top, the planet spins so fast that even gravity loses its grip, as the sun rises and sets ever faster. Now, experts reveal the real implications of such a terrifying scenario, from large-scale disasters, floods and earthquakes."
"If Earth's spin really did get faster, experts say it cause a 'centrifugal effect' where the things start to swing away from the planet's axis, much like the hanging chairs on a spinning carousel ride. Earth's oceans would start to bulge around the equator, giving the planet more of a diamond shape, with sloping northern and southern hemispheres. Water pulled from the polar regions (where centrifugal force is low) would cause the Arctic Ocean to become shallower and send the equatorial region underwater."
Several recent measurements recorded days up to 1.51 milliseconds shorter on July 9, July 22 and August 5. Potential physical causes include atmospheric changes, glacier melt altering mass distribution, motions within the Earth's core, and a weakening magnetic field. A hypothetical scenario envisions massive orbiting aircraft accelerating planetary rotation so days shorten progressively from seconds to two hours. Faster rotation would produce strong centrifugal effects that fling mass outward, cause oceans to bulge at the equator, reshape the planet toward a diamond-like profile, pull water away from the poles, inundate equatorial regions, and produce widespread disasters such as floods and earthquakes.
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