Earth core slowing down will alter the length of the day, says study. This is grabbing eye-balls aplenty! It has been reported that the Earth core is slowing down relative to that of its surface. The mind boggles at the thought.
Just try and wrap your brain around that one. The argument between researchers on this subject has been going on for years, but now, the latest study, by the University of Southern California and Cornell University, has irrefutable proof that the Earth core is slowing down and that too since about 2010. Take a look at 10 beautiful images of Earth too: Earth (ESA) John Vidale , Dean’s Professor of Earth Sciences at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, said, “The inner core had slowed down for the first time in many decades.
” Earth (ESA) What caused Earth core to slow down? According to the study, the inner core of Earth was slowing because of the churning of the liquid iron outer core that surrounds it. It was also affected by the gravitational pull from the regions of the rocky mantle that surrounds it. Earth (ESA) What are the implications of Earth core slowing down? Vidale says that the implications, at best, can only be speculative.
He said the slowing Earth core may change the length of the day, but only by “fractions of seconds”. Earth (NASA, JPL) Where is the Earth core situated? The core of the Earth is some 4500 km under the surface. It is about the size of our moon and that makes it one heavy and gigantic ball.
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