From Adrian Pickering
Having just read a recent copy of New Scientist
(This Week, 4 April 1998, p 21),
I am now aware that El Niño is responsible for slowing down
the Earth’s rotation, making days last longer by almost half a millisecond.
What the article neglected to mention is that this additional time exists
during office hours on weekdays, and while waiting for the kettle to boil for
the first coffee of the day at weekends.
adrian@pickering.prestel.co.uk
