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For questions about planet Earth as we know it. Changed Earths (extra moon, closer solar orbit, etc) should use the [earth-like] tag.
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I want to eliminate the Earth's axial tilt. How do I do it?
Find a large moon and put it in an orbit that consistently pulls on the equatorial bulge in a way to decrease its tilt. Adjust the moon if it loses sync.
Additional benefit: You can write your name …
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A really (really, really) big cliff
The Grand Teton Mountains were formed from a vertical uplift at a fault line. From Wikipedia:
The Teton fault is a normal fault. Therefore movement on the fault is primarily in a vertical direction. …
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If the North and South Poles' ice melted instantly, what would be the effect on humans and o...
The ice near the North Pole is floating, so no sea level rise would result from that. The South Pole melt would only have an effect if it reached the ocean. If it was a sea near the South Pole, no ef …
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Papers, please: Can characters trapped in our reality acquire enough paperwork to be legal?
Records occasionally get destroyed in accidents. You could claim you were from that area and get new documents that couldn't be checked. Another dodge I heard was to get birth certificates from peopl …
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Building a (solid) ring around the earth
Any impetus vertically would allow the ring to drift relative to earth until one side or another collides with the ground. …
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