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human
How much would our climate change if the Earth's rotation were to slow by 1 hour?

Imagine if the earth's rotation were to slow by one hour, leading to 25 hour days. How much of an impact would this have on global ecosystems? What about seasons (as the year would have a fewer number of days, therefore leading to shorter seasons)? Would it have any significant impact on the existing phenomenon generally known as 'Climate Change', or better known as 'Global Warming'?
gpt
An interesting scenario! An additional hour but maintaining the same day-to-night ratio may have some local meteorological impact on the short term. For example, there may be slightly higher maximum/minimum temperature because of longer daytime/nighttime. This may increase the chances of events such as forest fires. However, over one day, they should average out such that the longer term weather and climate is no different.

The length of a day is determined by the rate of rotation about the Earth's axis. The length of a year is determined by the rate of revolution of the Earth around the sun. Since the two are independent (think Mercury: 88 Earth-days to revolve around the sun and 58 Earth-days to rotate around its own axis), changing the rate of rotation will not impact the rate of revolution around the Sun, and therefore not affect the length of the seasons.

Extending the period of the diurnal cycle (i.e. the day-night cycle) should not have a visible impact on climate change, which is caused by the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. At least, if there is an effect, it is indirect, e.g. more forest fires leads to more greenhouse gases, or cooler nighttime temperatures cause people to use more heating and thus increasing carbon emissions.