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Video: Why are days getting longer?
short by Sanira Mediratta / on Tuesday, 13 December, 2016
A video discusses how days on Earth are getting longer, as the rotation of the planet is slowing down. Researchers from UK mapped how long a day has been since 720 BCE, noticing that the days are getting about 1.8 milliseconds longer every century. The video explains how this is caused by the pull of the moon's gravity.
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