{"refrec":{"BRefID":391743,"RR":"<b>Agnew, D.C.</b> (2024). A global timekeeping problem postponed by global warming. <i>Nature (Lond.) 628(8007)</i>: 333-336. <a href=\"https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07170-0\" target=\"_blank\">https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07170-0</a>","BEntID":389490,"PublicFlag":1,"CheckedFlag":0,"wosflag":1,"vabbflag":1,"RefStringPartII":". <i>Nature (Lond.) 628(8007)</i>: 333-336. <a href=\"https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07170-0\" target=\"_blank\">https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07170-0</a>","DocTypID":8,"DocType":"Journal article","MarineFlag":0,"FreshFlag":0,"BrackishFlag":0,"TerrestrialFlag":0,"Authorstring":"Agnew, D.C.","OrigTitleTranslFlag":0,"Authorstringtrunc":"Agnew, D.C.","Englishabstract":"The historical association of time with the rotation of Earth has meant that Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) closely follows this rotation. Because the rotation rate is not constant, UTC contains discontinuities (leap seconds), which complicates its use in computer networks. Since 1972, all UTC discontinuities have required that a leap second be added. Here we show that increased melting of ice in Greenland and Antarctica, measured by satellite gravity, has decreased the angular velocity of Earth more rapidly than before. Removing this effect from the observed angular velocity shows that since 1972, the angular velocity of the liquid core of Earth has been decreasing at a constant rate that has steadily increased the angular velocity of the rest of the Earth. Extrapolating the trends for the core and other relevant phenomena to predict future Earth orientation shows that UTC as now defined will require a negative discontinuity by 2029. This will pose an unprecedented problem for computer network timing and may require changes in UTC to be made earlier than is planned. 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