Thursday, 25 April 2013

feeds/tech+feeds/techvideo: Earth's core 1,800 degrees hotter than thought

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Earth's core 1,800 degrees hotter than thought
Apr 25th 2013, 22:19

By Elizabeth HowellLiveScienceEarth's internal engine is running about 1,000 degrees Celsius (about 1,800 degrees Fahrenheit) hotter than previously measured, providing a better explanation for how the planet generates a magnetic field, a new study has found.A team of scientists has measured the melting point of iron at high precision in a laboratory, and then drew from that result to calculate th...

    


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