Since its formation, the Earth has been revolving west to east on its axis. If one day our planet started rotating in the opposite direction, it would no longer be the Earth as we know it.
In what ways would a clockwise rotation change the Earth? And why would you end up living in a desert?
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What If Earth Started Spinning Backwards?
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