Scientists are saying that the earth is spinning faster than 24 hours. The UK’s National Physical Laboratory has new measurements that show this.
A typical day’s length is 24 hours or 86,400 seconds, but researchers notice that in recent years, the Earth's rotation has accelerated, shortening
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Damilola Odifa
Damilola Odifa is a graduate of Mass communication department from the University of Lagos with nearly 2 years experience in content writing.
She currently works as a journalist in BusinessDay Media, West Africa's leading provider of business intelligence and information, where she writes on the business of agriculture, and the environment.
