Hmm.
“ Over millions of years, Earth’s rotation has been slowing down due to friction effects associated with the tides driven by the Moon. That process adds about about 2.3 milliseconds to the length of each day every century. A few billion years ago an Earth day was only about 19 hours.
For the past 20,000 years, another process has been working in the opposite direction, speeding up Earth’s rotation. When the last ice age ended, melting polar ice sheets reduced surface pressure, and Earth’s mantle started steadily moving toward the poles.”
Extremely plausible but unattributed. It does, however, not contradict the standard, globe and heliocentric models of our solar system.
I’m not saying you did. I’m saying that there’s a very logical and well-documented mechanism that explains days getting longer. You asked that question. I just provided context.
According to who?
Hmm. “ Over millions of years, Earth’s rotation has been slowing down due to friction effects associated with the tides driven by the Moon. That process adds about about 2.3 milliseconds to the length of each day every century. A few billion years ago an Earth day was only about 19 hours.
For the past 20,000 years, another process has been working in the opposite direction, speeding up Earth’s rotation. When the last ice age ended, melting polar ice sheets reduced surface pressure, and Earth’s mantle started steadily moving toward the poles.”
Extremely plausible but unattributed. It does, however, not contradict the standard, globe and heliocentric models of our solar system.
I’m not saying you did. I’m saying that there’s a very logical and well-documented mechanism that explains days getting longer. You asked that question. I just provided context.