How different would things be if Earth had always rotated in the opposite direction?
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Sources:
http://scienceline.ucsb.edu/getkey.php?key=3445
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/03/what-would-happen-if-the-earth-spun-backward/273864/
https://www.livescience.com/62405-what-if-earth-rotation-reversed.html
https://indd.adobe.com/view/f6592f4d-f2e3-4315-8afc-1b6f9588040f
https://mpimet.mpg.de/en/communication/news/focus-on-overview/retrograde/
Reversing Earth’s Spin Moves Deserts, Reshapes Ocean Currents
https://www.clim-past.net/7/487/2011/cp-7-487-2011.pdf
Images:
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/1375
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Currents.svg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oceanic_gyres.png
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