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The Core of Earth Is Acting Weird and the Clues Are Terrifying

The Core of Earth Is Acting Weird and the Clues Are Terrifying

Bright Side

January 24, 202613m 13s

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Show Notes

So, get this—scientists just dropped some wild news in the journal Nature. Earth's inner core, that super-hot solid ball deep inside the planet, might actually stop spinning in about 15 years. Yep, you read that right! Researchers have been tracking earthquake waves and found that the core, which used to rotate from west to east, suddenly stopped around 2009-2010. Now, it’s slowly moving in the opposite direction, and by 2040, it might come to a complete stop before flipping and syncing up with Earth's spin again. This could mess with our magnetic field, so yeah… it’s kind of a big deal.

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