These are the trade winds, which normally blow westward due to Earth's rotation. So, on backwards Earth, they reverse. And that's where things get interesting. At first, changes would be ...

Researchers studying decades of earthquake data say they have found the first evidence that, in addition to spinning backward ...

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The surface of Earth's inner core appears to be dynamic, changing shape as it rotates, earthquake waves reveal.

For a while, the scientists reported, the core’s rotation matched Earth’s spin. Then it slowed even more, until the core was ...

Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. The rate of Earth’s rotation is affected by climate change, delaying the need for a “leap second” ... [+] until 2029.

Yes, Earth is suddenly spinning faster. Earth rotated once around its axis on Wednesday, June 29, in 1.59 milliseconds less than 24 hours, faster than scientists had ever previously recorded ...