If you saw this headline, or one like it, you might reasonably have thought the world has gone mad. The inside of the Earth is spinning backwards?
*But that is not at all what the actual research says.*
[a short thread] #RealityCheck https://t.co/x64JnH7MSp
Key point: Earth's core rotates at almost exactly the same rate as the rest of the planet. Did in the past, still does so now. It rotates at the same speed to within 0.001%!
But even the research paper is confusing on that point: #RealityCheck
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-022-01112-z.epdf?sharing_token=nSELrcOCZixa6SHjPpoqkdRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0N-n5CKH8sZM_u5cEFurTAJryk-7LHJO5K2v-0f42K8qZokiydnpwOw0TqsFBEQGH_D_JxkiCOLbIRX0MhG7fV42RuqkyGU1_OQDnWuSwst4aLDM8GT6sJSX0NUWkj1-YG_Hkirz2We62KNSbp2OJ4OqrTp541x7kRz_TEHIXcvtgsbglhwA4DRtnpgJ5R3Tkw%3D&tracking_referrer=www.sciencenews.org
Key point: Earth's core rotates at almost exactly the same rate as the rest of the planet. Did in the past, still does so now. It rotates at the same speed to within 0.001%!
But even the research paper is confusing on that point: #RealityCheck
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-022...