Earth's inner core may have started spinning other way: study
Earth's inner core, a hot iron ball the size of Pluto, has stopped spinning in the same direction as the rest of the planet and might even be rotating the other way.
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Earth's inner core, a hot iron ball the size of Pluto, has stopped spinning in the same direction as the rest of the planet and might even be rotating the other way.
The change may shave the length of the day by a fraction of a millisecond over the course of a year
Two Peking University scientists in China claim that Earth's inner core may have slowed or reversed its rotation during the previous decade.
A recent study suggests that the rate at which the Earth’s center is turning is slowing down compared to the outer parts of the planet.
The earth's inner core may have stopped turning and could go into reverse said researchers who studied seismic waves from decades of earthquakes.