The Earth is made up of different layers: Therefore, instead of tectonic plates moving because of the convection currents, evidence suggests it is the plates that drive the convection. Slab pull ...

which moves very slowly as a result of convection currents driven by heat energy from the hot core. The outer core is liquid iron and nickel and generates the Earth's magnetic field. And the inner ...

Earth's outer core has a radius of around 2,160 miles (3,480km) - making it slightly larger than Mars. Mainly made of hot nickel and iron, convection currents coupled with the Earth's rotation ...

(High pressures within the Earth cause material to freeze at high temperatures.) This heat drives convection cells within the liquid core, which keeps the liquid metal moving through the magnetic ...

On decadal scales, a fluctuation of 2 to 3 milliseconds has been linked to large-scale flows in Earth's fluid core. But there's another fluctuation of about 3 to 4 milliseconds every thousand ...

Electrically charged, liquid iron flows around the solid inner core driven by Earth's rotation and convection currents. These movements produce electric currents, which, in turn, generate the ...

Electrically charged, liquid iron flows around the solid inner core driven by Earth's rotation and convection currents. These movements produce electric currents, which, in turn, generate the ...

Now, a team of geophysicists from ETH Zürich in Switzerland thinks they have found the answer in Earth's molten iron core, with tiny alterations affecting the planet's rotation. There are several ...