It's easy to take Earth's constant rotation for granted. Every 24 hours, our planet completes a full spin on its axis, giving us day and night, powering wind patterns, and maintaining a delicate ...

The curious minds at What If investigate what would happen if Earth’s core suddenly stopped spinning, revealing the catastrophic effects on magnetism, tectonics, and life.

I will assume you're referring to what would happen if Earth stopped rotating all at once, without any gradual reduction in velocity. In that event, most things on Earth would be almost immediately ...

If Earth stopped spinning, gravity would remain essentially the same, but the Coriolis effect would cease, causing air to travel in straight lines rather than forming cyclonic systems like hurricanes.