A recent study found that the melting of the polar ice caps, especially due to human-caused climate change, has caused the Earth to rotate more slowly than in previous times, Ednews reports.

In the study conducted at the University of California San Diego, the effect of geophysical phenomena on the Earth's rotation was investigated using mathematical models.

It was said that the center of gravity of the Earth is affected by the melting of the ice at the poles, and this situation also causes the planet to rotate more slowly.

The study pointed out that the slowdown in question may lead to the postponement of the implementation of the "leap second", known as the addition of an additional 1 second to the last minute of the calendar year, and is planned to be added in this context. Made in 2026 can be postponed to 2029.

The author of the study, Duncan Agnew, a geophysicist at the Scripps Institute of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, said in a statement about the study that the change in sea level has reached this level as a result of the melting of glaciers. It can be seen that the speed of rotation of the earth is affected.