[Rockhounds] USC Researchers Prove Earth’s Core Is Losing Speed

[Stephen Shimatzki]

Crust displacement for 1000 alex!

On Fri, Jun 14, 2024, 2:31 PM Kreigh Tomaszewski <kreigh at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yea, a reversal of the magnetic poles would make for some interesting
> times.
>
> On Fri, Jun 14, 2024 at 1:31 PM Tim Fisher <nospam at orerockon.com> wrote:
>
> > It's the end of the world as we know it. And I feel fine :D
> >
> > Tim Fisher
> > nospam at orerockon.com
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> > Subject: [Rockhounds] USC Researchers Prove Earth’s Core Is Losing Speed
> >
> > Scientists at USC 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 on June 12 in the journal *Nature*.
> >
> > The scientific community has long debated the movement of the inner core,
> > with some studies suggesting it rotates faster than the Earth’s surface.
> > However, recent research from USC conclusively shows that starting around
> > 2010, the inner core has slowed down, now moving at a pace slower than
> that
> > of the planet’s surface.
> >
> > “When I first saw the seismograms that hinted at this change, I was
> > stumped,” said John Vidale, Dean’s Professor of Earth Sciences at the USC
> > Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. “But when we found two
> > dozen
> > more observations signaling the same pattern, the result was inescapable.
> > The inner core had slowed down for the first time in many decades. Other
> > scientists have recently argued for similar and different models, but our
> > latest study provides the most convincing resolution.”
> >
> >
> https://scitechdaily.com/inescapable-conclusion-usc-researchers-prove-earth
> > s-core-is-losing-speed/
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> https://scitechdaily.com/inescapable-conclusion-usc-researchers-prove-earths-core-is-losing-speed/
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