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Gutotito t1_j5zuh7v wrote

Reply to comment by oalfonso in Earth's inner core may be slowing down, but “Nothing cataclysmic is happening,” says Hrvoje Tkalcic, a geophysicist at Australian National University. “The inner core is now more in sync with the rest of the planet than a decade ago when it was spinning a bit faster.” by clayt6

"Some," yes, but almost certainly nothing we'd notice. The core is still spinning, it's just the differential between the crust and the core that has decreased.

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InGenAche t1_j615hw5 wrote

I'm no planetcoreologist but I reckon a planet sized spinning blob of molten metal slowing noticeably over a mere decade might be cause for a smidge of concern?

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DCDHermes t1_j616j20 wrote

It happens every couple decades. It’s a nothing story, cool to scientists, conspiracy bait to laymen.

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AmateurAviator t1_j61hmiv wrote

So you’re saying this is all because of some US government secret experiment that has chemically castrated us all and polluted our oceans?

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NWTboy t1_j61w8vd wrote

Have you not seen the documentary “The Core”? Scary stuff man

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recoveringcanuck t1_j6287fb wrote

This guy got unlimited hotpockets and Xena tapes in exchange for the cover up.

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b4dhabits t1_j62n84l wrote

Yeah it's called the industrial revolution

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haevne t1_j645sgc wrote

So you're saying I should panic and buy toilet paper?

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fernser t1_j61ffi5 wrote

Is the mechanism that causes this comparable to how a pendulum with a spring instead of a string goes from bouncing up and down to swinging side to side?

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zeeblecroid t1_j61shho wrote

"Noticably" doesn't mean a lot, on a human scale, when it's 21st-century scientific equipment doing the noticing.

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Zachtpres t1_j61837f wrote

We do underestimate how one minor variable could turn a usual occurrence into a catastrophe. Whether that change is immediate or over a longer period of time, we could only guess.

Unfortunately, we are going to have to face the elephant in the room - eventually. Our lives are in the hands of statistical anomalies and strange nonsensical occurrences, time for us is not endless .

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