The Earth’s Spin Is Slowing Down! What Happens If It Stops?
Life on Earth has adapted to our 24 hour day, but the Earth's spin is slowing down. What would it be like to live on an Earth that stops spinning? Watching YouTube Isn't Helping You Wind...
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No matter what happens, we can rest easy knowing that tomorrow is a new day! But that might not be something we’ll be able to say in billions of years. The Earth’s spin is slowing down. Eventually, days will get longer, and when they do, the lack of daily dawn could be the least of our problems. The Earth spins because of the Mars-sized body that smashed into it when it was young. The collision set our planet spinning so fast the day was about 6 hours long, and it simultaneously knocked out a chunk of material that coalesced to become the Moon. The Earth and Moon settled into a gravitational relationship, one of the effects of which was the Moon causing tides on the Earth. But with every tide cycle, the sloshing of Earth’s water exerts just a little bit ...
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No matter what happens, we can rest easy knowing that tomorrow is a new day! But that might not be something we’ll be able to say in billions of years. The Earth’s spin is slowing down. Eventually, days will get longer, and when they do, the lack of daily dawn could be the least of our problems. The Earth spins because of the Mars-sized body that smashed into it when it was young. The collision set our planet spinning so fast the day was about 6 hours long, and it simultaneously knocked out a chunk of material that coalesced to become the Moon. The Earth and Moon settled into a gravitational relationship, one of the effects of which was the Moon causing tides on the Earth. But with every tide cycle, the sloshing of Earth’s water exerts just a little bit ...
