The Earth has been spinning faster since 2016, and July 29, 2022, recorded the shortest day in the
Russian scientist from Moscow State University. M.V. Lomonosov Leonid Zotov believes that the acceleration of the Earth's rotation is the result of fluctuations that can be caused by terrestrial tides.
A standard Earth day is 24 hours, or86400 seconds. However, not every day gets shorter, but if the tendency to accelerate the Earth's rotation continues, then the universal way of measuring time on Earth - atomic time - may have to be changed.