Retrograde Earth Climate key.
Context;
A
few attempts at doing a speculative map for a world that spins
backwards have been done on the internet since a certain study by
Mikolajewicz et al came out in 2018 that gave various climatic data on
what might happen. I myself have been worldbuilding one for a couple
years on/off. Several maps have been shown on here before or since
speculating climatic conditions based loosely or speculatively on the
map. Especially when it comes to more specific details that the pictures
in the study itself don’t provide, but the accompanying video files do.
I have been one of these individuals before.However;
none of these used data directly from the study to simulate the
temperatures, humidity and seasonality of such a timeline directly,
mainly working off guesstimates. With permission from Mikolajewicz
himself, I managed to download climate data used in the study and
collaborated with the owner of the WorldbuildingPasta blog, who
specialises in speculative climate maps of alternate and alien worlds,
and he managed to run the data through his software in much more detail
than was previously available, creating the map and key shown above.In other words, this is by far the most accurate climate map to the study that has been made so far, as it was created directly
from using the study’s data, although it isn’t perfect, as there appear
to be slight differences between the definitions and criteria of biomes
between the study and the blog’s software.Still,
this appears as far as we can tell to be the most detailed take on a
Backward Spinning Earth so far. Note the substantial changes in the size
and distribution of certain habitats, such as the reduction of deserts
and dense rainforests, while Dsx climates, very rare in our timeline,
are pretty common here.Where do you think would be the most interesting place to live here?