� Time Might Lose a Second in 2029 — Because Earth Is Spinning Faster! �� For the first time in human history, scientists may have to delete a second from our global clocks. Yes — time itself might lose a moment. By 2029, Earth’s increasing spin speed could force a “negative leap second,” the opposite of the extra leap seconds we’ve occasionally added to keep atomic time aligned with Earth’s rotation. Since 2020, researchers have noticed that our planet has been spinning a little faster each yea