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Earth's Rotation

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How does latitude and Earth's rotation affect an area's climate? Climate Changes with Latitude. Places located at high latitudes (far from the equator) receive less sunlight than places at low latitudes (close to the equator). Now with Earth's rotation, The rotational speed of the earth also changes based on latitude. The earth rotates about its axis once each day. My three pieces of evidence are Coriolis effect article, Climate change notes, as well as, the Bill Nye video. In the Coriolis effect article it interprets that, at the equator, the earth’s circumference is 40,079 km. The day is 24 hours long, so the rotational speed is 1,670 km/hr. Near the poles, the earth’s circumference is much less but the day is still 24 hours long,

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