‘It’s almost science fiction’: Scientists say the shape of Earth’s inner core is changing
Researchers studying decades of earthquake data say they have found the first evidence that, in addition to spinning backward ...
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Earth’s Mysterious Inner Core Is Changing Shape
Earth’s inner core is changing shape, scientists have found. The discovery resolves a long-simmering controversy about what’s happening at the heart of the planet — which was long thought to ...
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Earth’s inner core is not solid, it is 'shape-shifting' - time for textbooks to be rewritten
New study reveals that Earth's inner core is undergoing unexpected structural changes, challenging long-held assumptions ...
Science Daily10d
Earth's inner core is undergoing a transformation
Earth's inner core is undergoing structural transformation. Located 3,000 miles below the Earth's surface, the inner core is anchored by gravity within the molten liquid outer core. Until now the ...
USA Today8d
What lies at the center of the Earth? The answer keeps changing.
Earth's mysterious core is yet again generating headlines as scientists learn more about what lies way beneath our feet. Located 3,000 miles below the Earth’s surface, the inner core is anchored ...
Daily Mail11d
Scientists are baffled after discovering Earth's inner core is DEFORMED
The molten outer core is widely known to be turbulent ... By analysing hundreds of shockwaves, scientists can build up a model for the Earth's structure that would explain why the seismic data ...
Popular Science11d
Earth’s inner core is less solid than we thought
Earth’s core is pretty dynamic. Its spin speeds up and slows down based on how its two primary layers are behaving. As we improve the waveform techniques used to study the deepest layer ...
Los Angeles Times10d
Earth’s inner core isn’t just slowing; it’s also shape-shifting, study finds
USC scientists have made a groundbreaking discovery about the nature of Earth’s enigmatic inner core, revealing for the first time that this 1,500-mile-wide ball of iron and nickel is changing.
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Modeling Mantle Dynamics as the Earth Slowly Cools
An update of the convection code ASPECT enables full coupling of plume dynamics with buoyancy effects of transition zone ...
Yahoo11d
Earth’s inner core undergoing structural changes, affecting length of days
Researchers have found evidence of changes in the structure of the Earth's core. University of Southern California team, led by Professor John Vidale, was investigating the inner core's rotation ...
Nature11d
Earth’s mysterious inner core really is changing shape
Earth’s inner core is changing shape, scientists have found. The discovery resolves a long-simmering controversy about what’s ...
Forbes9d
Earth’s Core Is Changing Shape
Earth cross section showing the classic distinction between crust, mantle and core. But new research ... [+] shows Earth's structure is far more complicated and may change over time. Analyzing an ...