Celebrate the Leap Second! — Science News, January 12, 1974
Time is ticking for the leap second. In 2022, experts decided to phase out this timekeeping anomaly by 2035. Unlike the leap year, which occurs every four years, the leap second is added when necessary to account for variations in Earth’s rotation, causing slight changes in the length of a day. Since 1972, a leap second has been added 27 times. However, adjusting atomic clocks for the leap second can cause issues for satellites and other technology that rely on precise timekeeping. Some scientists propose using a leap minute instead, resetting atomic clocks once every 50 years or so.
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