CONSEQUENCES THAT WOULD TAKE PLACE IF THE EARTH STOPPED SPINNING

SEA LIFE WOULD DIE OFF

The churning of the water would kill off any creature relying on

air to breathe and would kill off any creature unable to survive

on the low-oxygen water brought up from the cold depths.

GLOBAL TEMPERATURES WOULD FREEFALL

With our atmosphere largely covered by dust and debris, a

dense fog would simultaneously settle over the colder

ocean waters, causing temperatures to further drop.

WE WOULD BE BOMBARDED WITH RADIATION

Assuming the Earth’s core would simultaneously stop

rotating, our planet’s magnetic field would cease to exist.

Without this magnetic field, we would be vulnerable to all the

host of space radiation that bombards our planet on a daily basis.

The waves would irradiate us all and kill us instantly.

THE NORTHERN LIGHTS WOULD DISAPPEAR

Also known as the Aurora Borealis, the northern lights

would cease to exist without a magnetic field.

SEASONS WOULD CEASE TO EXIST

Earth’s 23.5° tilt would disappear. The sun would still be

strongest at the equator but we would have no seasons.

THE SUN WOULD APPEAR MOSTLY STATIONARY

If the Earth stopped rotating, we would see the sun increase

or decrease in the sky only when changing our latitude.

EVERYONE WOULD BE DEAD

If it hasn’t become clear by now, nearly everyone

and everything would die.

HOW TO SURVIVE

But, even though the Earth won’t suddenly stop spinning,

to have just a slight chance of surviving, be

underground. Being underground and inland would

shelter us from the hurricanes and tsunamis that would

immediately erupt and would prevent the harmful

radiation from reaching us. The problem is you may

never be able to leave the underground again.