What If the Earth Rotated 10x Faster?

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VOICE OVER: Eric Cohen WRITTEN BY: Mark Sammut

We rarely consider how quickly the Earth is rotating as it orbits the sun. But we'd soon notice if it started spinning more quickly! But what would actually happen? Would we all be flung off our planet, catapulted out into space? Would the oceans rise up and flood all our major cities? Or would life just carry on as usual?

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What If the Earth Rotated 10x Faster?