What would Earth's climate be like if the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn were one degree from the Poles?

Answer 1

For that to happen the earth would have to be spinning almost on its side. This would mean - in your model - that from 1* either side of the equator would be in total darkness for approx 3 months, then three months of alternating day and night going on three months of daylight.

The melting and refreezing of the poles would probably throw the earth off its balance into a wobble - akin to a spinning top.

It has been suggested that prior to the great flood the earth span on its axis. This would have meant the climate would have been temporate over the whole of the earth including the poles as there would have been a more even distribution of day/night.
Its worth noting the human record from before the flood states that there was no rain - ever. The mist came down at night and watered the earth.

Answer 2

That implies that the Earth is tilted over on its side much like Uranus.The weather would be extreme on the hemisphere facing the sun considering the heating would have melted a large proportion of the polar ice caps.In any case it would impart a substantial "wobble" which we already have (although not so pronunced).I can't wait 'till the Earths magnetic field reverses itself,then you'll see something special.