What would happen to the length of day if the earth took 40 hours to rotate?

Answer 1

The polar regions would be much warmer all ice would melt and sea levels would rise by hundreds of feet. The equator would be cooler than it is now.

The polar regions, and territories north of the Tropics would experience a more variable climate. The land of the midnight sun (in summer) and of no sun (in winter) would reach much further south, and the Aurora would be visible much further south and might be more spectacular. Climate in general would probably be much different from what we know today.

Answer 2

The seasons would be more pronounced, i.e. the summers would be hotter, and the winters colder.

The incidence of EM radiation would not change but its distribution would, much of the present ice caps would melt and shift and the temperature difference between summer and winter would be far more pronounced.

Answer 3

-- Tropic Zone would be wider, i.e. Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn would be farther from the equator.

-- Polar regions would be wider, i.e. Arctic and Antarctic Circles would be farther from the poles.

-- More of the earth's surface near the poles would have sun-ups and sun-downs longer than 24 hours.

-- Seasons everywhere would be more extreme ... hotter summers and colder winters.

-- Probably more violent storms and more active circulation of air and water over the whole globe, since temperature contrasts would be more extreme around the solstices.

-- There would be killer El Niños.

Answer 4

Much smaller differences in seasons for areas well away from the Equator. Probable lack of polar icecaps, thus probable much smaller landmass compared with oceans.

Answer 5

Right now, the tilt of the Earth's axis is 23.5 degrees. If the tilt of the Earth was tilted at 5 degrees, everyday would feel a lot like spring or fall.

Answer 6

The earths axis is tilted. That is why we have seasons.

Answer 7

It would spin out of control enviablely drifting off into the sun, or hitting other planets causing them to drift into the sun or fuse together.

Answer 8

i believe it would cause a pole shift in seasons change, and reverse climates, posibly a ice age, compasses would be eratic and gravity would be denser. this of course is just my theory.

Answer 9

They would change but it depends on which way it is tilted

Answer 10

Then the seasons would be more pronounced.