Earth’s inner core has slowed so much it’s moving backward, …
WEBJul 5, 2024 · New research confirms the rotation of Earth's inner core has been slowing down as part of a decades-long pattern. How this slowdown might affect our planet remains an open question.
Earth’s inner core rotation has begun moving backwards
WEBJul 9, 2024 · Discovered by Danish seismologist Inge Lehmann in 1936, the earth’s inner core is a solid metal ball, somewhat akin to an inscrutable top whirling independently inside our spinning planet. Despite its elusive nature, the inner core has drawn the interest of the scientific community for its peculiar characteristics, primarily its rotation ...
The spinning of Earth's inner core is slowing down. Is this how
WEB5 days ago · The very center of the planet, a solid ball of iron and nickel floating in a sea of molten rock, appears to be slowing down in relation to the movement of Earth itself. The inner core has slowed ...
Earth's rotating inner core is starting to slow down — and it …
WEBJun 19, 2024 · A new study confirms that Earth's inner core has been rotating more slowly than usual since 2010. This mysterious "backtracking" could also end up slightly altering the planet's overall...
The rotation of Earth's inner core is slowing down | Space
WEBJun 21, 2024 · The new study shows that the inner core's slowing speed is caused by convection within the liquid iron outer core, which sustains Earth's magnetic field, and the pull of gravitational...
Study confirms rotation of Earth’s inner core has slowed
WEBJun 18, 2024 · Scientists have proven that the Earth’s inner core is backtracking – slowing down – in relation to the planet’s surface, as shown in new research published in Nature.
Experts Confirm the Earth's Core Has Slowed Down So Much It's …
WEB3 days ago · The reason for the inner core’s 70-year cycle of rotation is because of the delicate interplay between the Earth’s magnetic field, gravitational forces, the flow of fluid from the outer core ...
Something weird is happening to Earth’s inner core - Science News
WEBJun 25, 2024 · Decades of earthquake data show that Earth’s inner core has been rotating slower than its mantle and surface since around 2010, researchers report June 12 in Nature.
Earth's Inner Core May Be Slowing Its Spin, Another Study Suggests
WEBJul 1, 2024 · The Earth’s inner core, a solid ball of iron and nickel about 70 percent of the size of the moon, rotates along with the rest of the planet, but scientists disagree about whether it might...
The rotation of Earth's inner core has slowed, new study confirms
WEBJun 13, 2024 · USC scientists have proven that the Earth's inner core is backtracking -- slowing down -- in relation to the planet's surface, as shown in new research published Wednesday in Nature.
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