Experts predict that the days will become longer and longer

Experts predict that the length of days on Earth will become longer over time.

Since it became known that planet We’ll have longer and longer days, and Scientists They try to predict how long these days will last.

Experts have predicted that life could change dramatically due to climate change, and in the future we may not even exist, but don’t panic, they believe the “end of the world” will happen indoors. The next 250 million yearsNot tomorrow.

the Sarah MilhollandAssistant Professor Physics at the Institute of Technology From Massachusetts, he told Live Science: “The Earth has had days that were both shorter and longer than a day at different points in history. Most importantly, it has been affected by tidal interactions with the Moon. “About a billion years ago, the length of a day was only about 19 hours.”

In fact, geologists suggest that at some point, it might happen The Earth can rotate in just 10 hours.

Climate change could also play a role due to its redistribution Earth mass “Due to melting glaciers, changes in sea level and tectonic activity,” Milholland added.

“As the polar ice melts, the rotation slows down,” scientists explain.

the Batygin He believes that the main reason for the Earth’s slow rotation is due to its relationship with the Moon – but this is nothing new to us.

A study conducted in 2018, co-authored by Prof Stephen Myers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, found that days (which, for those of you who don’t remember school physics lessons, are calculated based on the time it takes the Earth to rotate once on its axis) were actually only 18 hours long before… 1.4 billion yearsUnlike the 24 hours they have today.

Because the Moon was closer to Earth, its gravitational pull was stronger, causing the Earth to rotate much faster, resulting in an 18-hour day.

So… if days were 18 hours long 1.4 billion years ago, it seems unlikely that we will feel the slow change in day length for another billion years.