25 Catastrophic Scenarios That Would Take Place If The Earth Stopped Spinning

Every day, Earth spins on its axis. This rotation gives us day and night (but not our seasons - that's due to the Earth 23.5° tilt in relation to the sun - sort of; see #8). But, what would happen if the Earth stopping spinning? Though it's not possible - at least for billions of years - it's interesting to think about what kind of cataclysmic events would occur without the balance of forces and Earth's standard rotation. Super storms would be unleashed across every country on the planet, the oceans would redistribute, and new land masses would emerge while many existing land masses filled with cities and people would be drowned underwater. Utter chaos would descend upon the planet as nearly all organic life would be wiped out almost immediately. To make this situation seem less catastrophic, at least it's good to know even if our planet does stop rotating, the sun will die out long before we stop spinning. Read on to find out what would happen to our planet in this list of 25 Catastrophic Scenarios That Would Take Place If The Earth Stopped Spinning.

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We would go for one heck of a rollercoaster ride
But we wouldn't fly into space
A global hurricane would destroy countless cities
A global tsunami would roll in
An earthquake would rock the world
Fires would ignite everywhere
GPS would be thrown off
The sky we see would be more static
The moon would eventually crash into Earth
One day would be a year long\
The poles would be mostly unscathed
Sunlight would be blocked from reaching Earth
The sun's pattern would change
Earth would become a sphere
Oceans would redistribute
Wind patterns would change
The oceans' surface would atomize
Sea life would die off
Global temperatures would freefall
We would be bombarded with radiation
The northern lights would disappear
Seasons would cease to exist
The sun would appear mostly stationary
Everyone would be dead
How to survive

[basicnpcc]

If the Earth stopped spinning, would Mike's beard stop growing? That should be #1 on the list.

[LvlGenesis]

Here is another cool Idea for a list! Top 25 Crazy changes if the earth had a planetary ring.

[TheSuperNick]

#1 you would be protected from the hurricanes and the tsunami but you're still going to splatter all over the wall next to you when you hit it at 1, 040 mph.

[jr-]

Now we need another video for scenarios that would happen if the earth started spinning in reverse

[JamzGe]

This would make one hell of a disaster movie!

[Bigbaccala]

#1 we could hide in vaults....but im sure being hurled at 1, 040 MPH would kill a lot of people.

[carlwitt]

So if I'm underground when this happens, I'll have a chance to survive by being flung into a solid rock wall at over 1, 000 MPH?



Sounds legit.

[Desyncronized]

World stops turning? OH MY GOD MY GPS STOPPED WORKING

[StickBreightley]

What do would happen if the earth stopped spinning slower over time

[Fancie-elfz]

Not only do yo I like your videos..but you are funny and cheer me up when I am having a bad day. Thanks you and your videos mean a lot to me. :)

[homerjaay]

Your lists are truly awesome, keep them coming.

[coreybarclay]

You have the best lists on YouTube there original and I like the fact you do 25 instead of 10 or 5 keep doing what your doing bro your amazing

[Slaking_]

Here's some ideas involving the most interesting place we know: space.
25 most bizarre exo-planets
25 stars that are terrifyingly massive
25 huge objects in space
25 scenarios if the sun suddenly became a black hole
25 mysteries of our solar system

Sorry if some of these videos have been done and/or have a similar concept to previous videos on this channel, but they seem pretty interesting to me.

Also, great work on this video. It was very entertaining and factual. Keep up the good work :]

[shahnawazrind]

The Earth is just so perfect, the moment it changes in the slightest way the consequences are catastrophic.

[BreatheManually]

If the earth stops spinning if fine.
But if my internet service provider stopped working I would die.

[danielives]

2: We would all be dead
1: How to survive
Sounds legit

[okaywhatever]

This video made me think about how perfect the earth is. I mean everything aligned perfectly. It so weird that if something was a little bit off the earth would be so different.

[ThatAwesomeGuy]

Everyone alert Vault-Tec with this video!

[Elimbi]

I can sum this up in one sentence. We all die.

[amrathpaul]

I love the channel and your beard is on fleek