Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for February 07, 2021

Earth’s rotation is speeding up. What does that mean for us?

https://www.deseret.com/u-s-world/2021/1/6/22217336/earths-rotation-speeding-up-fast-year-positive-negative-leap-second-coordinated-universal-time

I don’t know, last year seemed slower than normal to me with all the places I didn’t go and the things I didn’t do.

Arlo, it’ll take you a week to discover how much daylight is changing DAILY!

I guess all those spinning in their graves must have started turning the other way

Who’s that ginger guy supposed to be?

Normally speeding up would imply more mass at the poles. Mass change is usually caused by shifting water to the poles as ice. Seems unlikely lately.

Slowing is usually caused by moving mass from the poles, such as ice cap melting or sublimation as well as tidal effect transferring angular momentum to the Moon with equal loss to the Earth.

We live in interesting times.

Earth’s rotation is speeding up? Someone needs to adjust the turntable Flat Earth is sitting on.

You watch. Someone will blame it on global warming.

Comic strips can be so educational!

And just watch. Certain people will blame it on climate change or Trump.

And besides that, the dang gravity is getting stronger every day.

Looking forward to 22-hour days. That will fit my sleep pattern better.

We needn’t lose any sleep over this anytime soon. :-p

And when you hit 70 things speed up even more

it was July 19, 2020. #pedantic

That was my birthday and wondered where it went.

So, how much is this time change going to cost us??? (I know it’s in there somewhere, every change has a cost.)

A real life example of wibbley wobbley timey wimey!

So, why did 2020 seem eternal ?

The earth is spinning faster due to the increased density of the human population

The present slow down is about 15 microseconds per year and a billion years ago the day would have been 4 hours shorter.

Depending on what hemisphere you live in or on.

Might have something to do with the recent movement of the magnetic poles, which are affected by the earth’s core.

How much slower would the Earth have to rotate before humans would know or be affected by it?

With all the covid-19 weight gain, I am surprised the earth didn’t slow down due to extra weight! I have always wondered what would happen if every person on earth lost 20 lbs.

OK, who’s the kid?

It’s due to obese persons finally losing weight…

The question is it relevant to anything long term? Are they correct in their measurements?

Shortest day ever that near the Summer Solstice ? Wow

I told Mrs. Baker that faster is better, but she refuses to agree.