Earth's Core Spins Faster than Earth

Dreamwalkerofyore writes "The New York Times has an article on a recent affirmation that the earth's core rotates faster than the earth proper. From the article: 'Confirming assertions first made in 1996, a team of geophysicists are presenting data in the journal Science today showing that the earth's inner core... spins faster than the rest of the planet. Over a period of 700 to 1,200 years, the inner core appears to make one full extra spin. That extra spin could give scientists information about how the earth generates its magnetic field.'"

Comments

Very interesting...

[Junior J. Junior III]

I wonder if friction accounts for an appreciable amount of the heat at the earth's core. Science has conventionally theorized that it was hot down there due to extreme pressures and later thinking suggests that there may be some heat generated by radioactive decay of Uranium and other radioactive elements.

Aha...

[moviepig.com]

Over a period of 700 to 1,200 years, the inner core appears to make one full extra spin.

Couple that with the fact that a human's unprompted circadian cycle is actually about 25 hours long, and it begins to explain a lot... to someone...

Re:Give my regards to the Earth's core...

[duffbeer703]

Art Bell says that leprechauns and faires join up with the grey alien people and reverse the polarity. They are probably hired by the black helicopter folks or the Masons.