Earth’s Core Rotation Halting/Reversing

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Jim Leff
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Earth’s Core Rotation Halting/Reversing

Post by Jim Leff » Tue Jan 24, 2023 1:55 pm

Original report: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-022-01112-z.epdf

Pop science boil-down: https://www.vice.com/en/article/xgyje7/ ... tudy-says


I always figured the core (or at least the molten metal surrounding it) spun faster than this. For one thing, I don't understand how such slow rotation stokes a magnetic field.

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