If the ice on the polar caps of the earth melts , how will it effect the duration of the day ? Explain
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If polar ice caps will melt, water would spread on earth & so its moment of inertia would increase. But by law of conservation of momentum,speed of rotation would decrease so that angular momentum remains constant. As speed of rotation decreases, length of day would increase.
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If polar ice caps will melt, water would spread on earth & so its moment of inertia would increase. But by law of conservation of momentum,speed of rotation would decrease so that angular momentum remains constant. As speed of rotation decreases, length of day would increase
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