Earth's changing ... For the first time in history, world timekeepers may have to consider subtracting a second from our clocks in a few years because the planet is rotating a tad faster than ...

"Stop the world ... daylight around the globe. You might have to deal with some unexpected weather, too. On a spinning Earth, most solar radiation hits the planet's equator.

Let’s start with the basics, like: How fast does the Earth spin now? That depends on where you are, because the planet moves fastest ... disastrous to life on the globe.” ...

Earth has a diameter of roughly 8,000 miles (13,000 kilometers) and is mostly round because gravity generally pulls matter into a ball. But the spin of our home planet causes it to be squashed at ...

Earth’s changing ... For the first time in history, world timekeepers may have to consider subtracting a second from our clocks in a few years because the planet is rotating a tad faster than ...