However, since 2020, the reverse has been true: the Earth's rotation has been speeding up again. Open the Youtube video. In 2020, the 28 shortest days since 1960 were recorded.

Earth’s Rotation Is Speeding Up This Summer—but Just for 3 Days Our planet is going to spin a little faster on July 9, July 22, and August 5, thanks to the moon’s distance from the equator.

It’s a sci-fi staple, a tether from Earth up to an orbiting space station in geosynchronous orbit. A cable-climbing car would ride up and down, just like a regular elevator.