A global timekeeping problem postponed by global warming.
Journal
Nature
ISSN: 1476-4687
Titre abrégé: Nature
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0410462
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
27 Mar 2024
27 Mar 2024
Historique:
received:
04
08
2023
accepted:
06
02
2024
medline:
28
3
2024
pubmed:
28
3
2024
entrez:
28
3
2024
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
The historical association of time with the rotation of Earth has meant that Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) closely follows this rotation
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pubmed: 38538793
doi: 10.1038/s41586-024-07170-0
pii: 10.1038/s41586-024-07170-0
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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IM
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© 2024. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited.
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