Tag - Occurring in Earth

Something Strange is Occurring in Earth’s Inner Core

Scientists have proposed that Earth’s moon-sized inner core revolves independently of the mantle and crust, and that it is now backpedaling relative to those other layers.JOHAN63/ISTOCK/GETTY IMAGES PLUSA new study seems to support the contentious idea that the Earth's inner core's rotation has decelerated. Decades of earthquake data indicate that since around 2010, the...