➡️Leap seconds have been periodically added to clocks over the last half century to make up for the difference between exact atomic time and the Earth’s slower rotation.
➡️While leap seconds pass by unnoticed for most people, they can cause problems for a range of systems that require an exact, uninterrupted flow of time, such as satellite navigation, software, telecommunication, trade, and even space travel.
✅The head of Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (BIPM)’s time department, Patrizia Tavella, told AFP that the “historic decision” would allow “a continuous flow of seconds without the discontinuities currently caused by irregular leap seconds.”
👉 https://phys-org.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/phys.org/news/2022-11-global-timekeepers-vote-scrap.amp by Daniel Lawler
