Rising Sea Levels Shown To Slow Down Earth’s Rotation

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The Earth's rotation has slowed over the last few thousands years . Rob Byron/Shutterstock

With global temperatures increasing at a truly unprecedented rate, glaciers and ice sheets are melting, causing sea levels to begin to swallow up cities and islands across the world. A new study published today in Science Advances confirms that changing sea levels also affect the rotation of the Earth. By quantifying how potent this effect is, these researchers have possibly solved a longstanding conundrum called “Munk’s enigma.”