From Al Jazeera · Priyanka Shankar · · 30s
Clock Ticking for Leap Second
World timekeepers decide if leap seconds end as Earth's rotation slows.
In brief
World timekeepers decide if leap seconds end as Earth's rotation slows. World timekeepers meet to scrap leap seconds after Earth's rotation slows. Originally reported by Al Jazeera.
World timekeepers
The world’s timekeepers are meeting near Paris on Thursday to decide whether to scrap the leap second.
Earth’s rotation slows
Earth’s rotation wobbles making time less exact and gradually slowing over time.
Leap second impact
Scraping leap seconds could disconnect clocks from Earth’s rotation and realign timescales.
The short version
World timekeepers meet to scrap leap seconds after Earth's rotation slows.
