Climate change is delaying world clocks' need for a 'negative leap second'
Briefly

One second doesn't sound like much, but in today's interconnected world, getting the time wrong could lead to huge problems,
But because of new dynamics affecting how fast the Earth rotates, a negative leap second now seems just years away.
Leap seconds have had critics for a long minute, in part because of the havoc they can wreak on things like online reservation and retail systems.
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