Earth’s core may have hardened just in time to save its magnetic field

Monday, January 28, 2019 - 15:20 in Earth & Climate

Earth’s inner core began to solidify about 565 million years ago — just in time to prevent the collapse of the planet’s magnetic field, a study finds.

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