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What Will Happen If The Earth Stops Spinning for 5 Seconds

By Nenad Dojcinovski, 9 November 2017

5Six Months Long Day And Six Months Long Night

The reason why we have ordinary days is that the Earth rotates the Sun while rotating on its axis as well. But this will no longer be the case, and the survivors (if any) will have to adapt to way longer nights and days.

That’s not really a problem if everything else was normal, but the temperature will change too. From freezing nights to super-hot days, the Earth will no longer support life as we know it.

Aurora as seen from Talkeetna, Alaska

Image Source: www.nasa.gov

6Can We Survive This?

Living underground could be a temporary solution. People won’t be able to reside on the surface because of the radiation. But let’s say that the Earth will stop rotating three years from now, are we really prepared to handle this?

We’re definitely not because the only way we could survive this is if we move to another planet, which is far from a reality with the technology we have now.

We shouldn’t worry about doomsday scenarios yet, but rather focus on solving problems that are slowly but surely destroying the Earth. Problems like pollution and climate change that are not yet recognized as a threat by some countries.

Abandoned City