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If the earth stops rotating on its axis, what kind of changes would you expect?

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If the earthed stopped spinning on its axis, it would cause the oceans to move towards the poles. One day would last a year, and everywhere, six months would be daylight, not night time. The uneven distribution of temperature would heat up the ocean and land, up to 100 degrees Celcius  
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