Earth's core rotating faster than rest of the planet but slower than previously believed

University of Cambridge ^ | February 20, 2011 | Unknown

[Joe 6-pack]

"Did you realize that when it comes to the relative rates of rotation of the inner and the outer core there’s not a doggoned thing any of us can do about it."

Chuck Norris could reverse the direction of the earth's rotation with a single roundhouse kick if he wanted to.

Good thing he doesn't want to.

[jakerobins]

Kinda getting sick of these Guesstimates by scientists passed of as fact......

[Let's Roll]

From one degree a year to one degree a million years. Not much difference there.

[rdl6989]

Oh, so they changed it from 1 per year to 1 per million years? That's such a minor mistake lol.

[Onelifetogive]

earlier estimates of 1 degree every year were inaccurate and that the core is actually moving much slower than previously believed – approximately 1 degree every million years.

I suspect that these are the same guys who figured out that whole global warming thing. In fact, I register the domain www.glabalcoreslowdown.com. It may become the next cataclysm-du-jure...

[SunkenCiv]

:’)

[Oztrich Boy]

However, scientists from the University of Cambridge have discovered that earlier estimates of 1 degree every year were inaccurate and that the core is actually moving much slower than previously believed – approximately 1 degree every million years.

[bert]

Per the foot note 17:

“It was also noted that the concentration of liberals in San Francisco and Berkley along with those in Cambridge produce the phenomenon called Crustal Drag.”

[SunkenCiv]

“One — little — mistake.” — Cap’t Kirk

[SunkenCiv]

Of possible interest.