The costly effects of climate change may dent more than our wallets by the 2030s. Researchers found that Earth’s rotation is speeding up ever so slightly due to melting ice caps, which could force ...

Salvador Dalí was known for his surreal artworks featuring melting clocks and craggy desert backgrounds, his eccentric behaviors like driving a car packed to the roof with cauliflower ...

Clocks may have to skip a second — called ... It's yet another indication that we're in a very unusual time." Ice melting at both of Earth's poles has been counteracting the planet's burst ...

Clocks may have to skip a second — called ... It’s yet another indication that we’re in a very unusual time.” Ice melting at both of Earth’s poles has been counteracting the planet ...

It’s like Big Brother, but with melting clocks. Pro tip: Come to Surreal 360 with a fully charged phone or a portable charger. When you’re not taking a super aesthetic Instagram photo ...

Melting ice redistributes mass to Earth's equator, slowing its spin rate. Changes in Earth's spin affect its synchronization with atomic clocks. Sebnem Coskun / Anadolu via Getty Images From time ...

Regardless of whether clocks wind up changing, the notion that melting polar ice is affecting the Earth’s rotation speaks to how significant an issue it has become. Research has already ...

Why are Salvador Dali's clocks melting? In this web extra, Kim Macuare, program director at the Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg, Fla., talks with correspondent Conor Knighton about the story behind ...

Researchers found that Earth’s rotation is speeding up ever so slightly due to melting ice caps, which could force officials to consider a “negative leap second” by next decade. If the trend ...

talks with correspondent Conor Knighton about the story behind one of Surrealist painter Salvador Dali's most striking images: a melting timepiece.