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If the earth stopped spinning

  • Earth would take a whole year to cycle from night to day and back. Cities would be in darkness for half the year and in sunlight the other half.
  • The polar regions would be deep underwater. When the Earth rotates, centrifugal force causes the planet to bulge along the equator. Without a bulge, all the extra water held in place along the equator would return toward the poles.
  • The Earth magnetic field might go away, leaving us exposed to harmful solar winds.

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