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minus-squarethen_three_more@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·27 days ago The implications of this change in the inner core’s movement for Earth’s surface can only be speculated. Vidale said the backtracking of the inner core may alter the length of a day by fractions of a second: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/06/240613161147.htm
minus-squareu/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·27 days agoIs that enough to be problematic for GNSS?
minus-squareinfinitesunrise@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·26 days agoNo, the Earth’s spin rate is always changing in very tiny ways and global positioning systems update regularly to account for this.
minus-squarethen_three_more@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·27 days agoArticle says it’s so small it’s likely lost in other variations, so it doesn’t seem like it would be.
minus-squareVegafjord eo@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·26 days agoIf the days last longer, thats a plus in my book.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/06/240613161147.htm
Is that enough to be problematic for GNSS?
No, the Earth’s spin rate is always changing in very tiny ways and global positioning systems update regularly to account for this.
Article says it’s so small it’s likely lost in other variations, so it doesn’t seem like it would be.
If the days last longer, thats a plus in my book.