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Melting glaciers blamed for subtle slowing of Earth's rotation

2015-12-11 20:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: The melting of glaciers caused by the world's rising temperatures appears to be causing a slight slowing of the Earth's rotation in another illustration of the far-reaching impact of global climate change, scientists said on Friday. The driving force behind the modest but discernible changes in the Earth's rotation measured by satellites and astronomical methods is a global sea level rise fueled by an influx of meltwater into the oceans from glaciers, the researchers said. "Because glaciers...

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