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Are there torques affecting Earth?
Since the time it takes for the earth to complete one rotation about itself (i.e., the time we call "day") is not constant, then the angular speed is also not constant, that is, there is a ...
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Energy needed to stop the Earth's inner core ---and its effects?
As you will most possibly know, a misreading of this paper by the media caused kind of a "panic" about how the Earth's inner core had stopped or even reversed its rotation and its "...
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Will the day/night cycle change when the poles melt?
I want to know what will happen to day and night if poles melt i think it will change but I don't know why? ^_^
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What is the evidence for the super-rotation of Earth's inner core?
What are the geophysical observations that support (or contradict) the hypothesis that the Earth's inner core rotates at a faster rate than the Earth's mantle?
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1) Studies of ...
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