BTW it did not stop spinning. It just slowed down so much that relative to the mantle it was spinning in reverse. But relative to its own axis it is still spinning in the same direction.
an important distinction, but come on that’s not a good headline!
So it’s like all the misleading headlines on inflation
Just checking to make sure we’re on the same page. Were you expecting fetish porn, too?
Do you know what the impact of that is?
I’m sure it’s fine; wasn’t doing anything important
The implications of this change in the inner core’s movement for Earth’s surface can only be speculated. Vidale said the backtracking of the inner core may alter the length of a day by fractions of a second:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/06/240613161147.htm
Is that enough to be problematic for GNSS?
Aren’t we due for a magnetic pole reversal? Would this be related?
They appear to be fully random so it’s gamblers fallacy to say we’re due for one, though this has been a very long gap without one. There don’t seem to be extinction events associated with them regardless though so nbd hopefully.
Nice try Kerrigan, it’s clear you’re trying to trick the Terrans into not shielding our computers.
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