A team of scientists from Chengdu University, led by academic Wang Chengshan, has published a study in the renowned journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), the result of an international collaboration involving experts from institutions such as the Paris Observatory, the Leibniz Institute for Applied Geophysics in Germany, and Trinity College in […]
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Melting of Polar Ice is Affecting Earth’s Rotation and Lengthening our Days
If Earth continues to warm, climate change will have a greater impact on the speed of our planet’s rotation in the future than the Moon does now, according to a recent study by ETH Zurich supported by NASA. The melting of ice masses in Greenland and Antarctica is causing water from the polar regions to […]
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German Scientists Achieve Unprecedented Precision in Earth’s Rotation Measurement
In a groundbreaking development, researchers from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have achieved the most accurate measurement of Earth’s rotation to date. Utilizing the advanced ring laser technology at the Wettzell Geodetic Observatory, the team has set a new standard for global data capture quality. The upgraded ring laser at the Wettzell Observatory now […]
