Earth’s inner core is changing in shape as well as in rotation rate
2 days ago · Yang, Y. & Song, X. Multidecadal variation of the Earth’s inner-core rotation. Nat. Geosci. 16, 182–187 (2023). This report describes a recent and accurate model of inner core rotation.
Earth’s inner core is changing shape, scientists say | CNN
1 day ago · As Earth’s solid inner core spins, the molten outer core churns and sloshes. Their interactions generate magnetic energy, which unspools to enfold our planet in the magnetosphere. But the liquid ...
Earth's inner core is slowing — and shape-shifting — USC study …
1 day ago · USC scientists have made a groundbreaking discovery about the nature of the Earth's enigmatic inner core, revealing for the first time that this 1,500-mile-wide ball of iron and nickel is changing.
Scientists Detect Shape-Shifting Along Earth’s Solid Inner Core
1 day ago · The inner core is the deepest of Earth’s geological layers. The crust — the layer that we live on — is just a few miles thick. ... A change in shape, without any change in the rotation rate ...
Earth’s core has slowed so much it’s moving backward, scientists ...
Jul 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 may be reversing its rotation - Science News
Jan 23, 2023 · Scientists have proposed that Earth’s solid inner core (yellow in this diagram) rotates faster than the rest of Earth. A new study suggests the core’s rotation has recently paused, and is...
Study confirms rotation of Earth’s inner core has slowed
Jun 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.
The rotation of Earth's inner core has slowed, new study confirms
Jun 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.
Differential rotation of the Earth’s inner core changes over …
Jan 23, 2023 · To track the rotation of the inner core over the past six decades, we systematically searched for global repeating earthquakes using digital seismic records from the 1980s until 2021 and...
Earth’s inner core may have stopped turning and could go into …
Jan 25, 2023 · The rotation of Earth’s inner core may have paused and it could even go into reverse, new research suggests. The Earth is formed of the crust, the mantle and the inner and outer cores.