high-speed internet supersonic jets instant coffee instant noodles would you believe our world is slowing down they say time flies when you're having fun but over the past 100 years including the 20s the 60s and the 80s our days have actually gotten longer before you say you're telling me let's just clarify the average length of a day has only increased by 1.7 milliseconds but what if you could get more out of your day what if a great night never had to end what if one day lasted an entire year and in that time you could walk
around the whole earth this is what if and here's what would happen if the earth were to suddenly stop spinning the Earth rotates at an average speed of 1,000 miles per hour giving us night and day while harnessing wind tides and temperature so what would happen if these revolutions that are so vital to our existence were to suddenly stop imagine owning the fastest sexiest sports car in the world pretty nice huh the open road calls there's no traffic in sight and no Highway Patrol officers either so you decide to test its top speed driving at
1,000 miles per hour out of nowhere an obstacle you hit the brakes your car stops suddenly but you don't that's what would happen at the moment the earth stops spinning everything that isn't safely secured or tied down will be suddenly sent flying eastward at 1,000 miles per hour humans cars even pigs the fastest wind ever recorded was 253 miles per hour in this scenario were talking about winds four times as strong feeling similar to an atomic blast in less than a minute towering tsunamis would sweep more than 17 miles inland all the water from the
world's oceans would surge towards the poles since the globe bulges at the equator the north and south pole are closer to the center of the earth and therefore have a stronger gravitational pull the seven seas would turn into two forming one mega ocean in the north and another in the South Canada most of Europe and Russia would be completely submerged Boston Chicago and Seattle would also be underwater along with parts of Argentina Chile and New Zealand the oceanic displacement would form a massive supercontinent along the equator wrapping around the entire earth while this might make
it easier for any surviving humans to work together there'd be little anyone could do to improve their lot resources would be scarce the world would experience wide scale drought and most species would be endangered if not already extinct agriculture would be nearly impossible to maintain since a full day would now last an entire year in other words you'd see the Sun for six straight months and spend the other half of the year in darkness this would also inhibit the natural transition between seasons the final fatal consequence would be the loss of our magnetic field aside
from giving us a sense of direction Earth's magnetic field ensures our survival by deflecting solar wind which would otherwise rip through our ozone layer and blast us with harmful radiation deadly cosmic rays would effectively kill all living things on the planet and over time the world as we know it would turn into Mars as we know it wait a minute are we trying to travel to Mars and possibly live on it our Mars and Earth just gonna switch places is this what it means to come full circle even if we don't come to a screeching
stop the world will one day stop spinning in about eighteen point five billion years so for now enjoy the time you have seize the day and make every night great [Music] [Music]
