What would happen if the Earth tilted violently on it's axis?

Question

Would we notice a change at all? I know the Earth is already at a tilt so to speak but if some massive Geological eruption happened that caused the Earth to tilt a full 90 degrees from it's current position, what would change? How would it change?

Answer 1

we would notice a change right away, the direction and position of where the sun's rays hit are what cause our temperature differences. if we had a drastic 90 degree turn in our axis it would throw off our global climate over the course of a few decades. changes would happen drastically however, and until things settled down over those decades or even centuries we would be in a state of climate-chaos

Answer 2

If the earth tilted violently on its axis, the most noticable change would be the time of the seasons and length of the days all over the world. Climate and temperatures would undergo adjustments relative to the new poles and equator.

A "geological eruption" would not be enough to tilt the earth on the kind of scale you are asking about. In fact, I'm not sure even the most massive of erruptions would cause any change in the tilt of the earth at all. There are only two things which could cause the kind of tilt you're speaking of:
1) A hitherto unprecedented redistribution of mass in the mantle of the earth . . . which would cause a change in the position of the equator; or,
2) Maybe a asteroid would glance off the surface of the planet and cause enough of a cataclysmic change that it could change the rotation of the earth. . . . It would have to be pretty huge though, like the size of mars or something . . . and even then we wouldn't worry about it because the surface of the earth would be vaporized from the energy released from impact.

Answer 3

"According to the "HAB’’ theory, during these capsizing, the earth’s axis shifts from what starts as the North and South poles to a point that was approximately 10 degrees North/South latitude, with the former poles now well within the tropics. The "HAB’’ theory postulates that this is not a gradual movement over centuries, but a sudden shift taking only half a day. Pause a moment and imagine the tidal, weather and seismic implications of such a movement."

There is whole book on it if you care to read it , tilt caused by weight of enlarging ice caps, however i suppose disproportionately diminishing ones may have the same effect

Answer 4

If is tilted again , all human in the surface of the Earth will cease to exist. If u look at the Earthquake in Chile, that quake alone tilted a little amount of a degree in earth Axis. Imagine if its tilted just 10 degrees..

Answer 5

Over the course of the earths history, the earth has shifted on it's axis several times. When a major shift occurs, the entire planets weather system is thrown off balance. weather patterns go crazy until they settle into there new systems. For example, they have actually found plant fossels in antarctica.

Answer 6

The seasons would be different and weather would change depending on the exposed areas that are closer/further from the sun. Tilt would determine probably only 2 seasons.

Answer 7

I think a full 90 degrees is asking a bit much. I reckon 15degrees would make a lot of difference too. For starters, the ice probably wouldn in the right place anymore and it would melt faster than it is melting now :-)

Answer 8

You mean again? Study the magnotomer readings from the Mid-Atlantic Rdge. They have mapped the anomolies and the poles have changed in the past sevral times. Ice Age events usually occur during this time period if I remeber correctly.

Answer 9

well we wouldnt feel any different cuz the gravitational pull thing of the earth would b the same but eventually the climate in places would change b/c they would b at a different angle 2 the sun and stuff

Answer 10

from 90 degree **** in earth axis - huge climate change. super cold winters and super hot summers. Melting of glaciers, increased sea level, flooding of all coastal areas.