{"id":56178,"date":"2024-04-09T14:20:44","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T14:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/earths-core-is-mysteriously-growing-lopsided-new-study-claims"},"modified":"2024-04-09T14:22:35","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T14:22:35","slug":"earths-core-is-mysteriously-growing-lopsided-new-study-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/earths-core-is-mysteriously-growing-lopsided-new-study-claims","title":{"rendered":"Earth\u2019s Core is Mysteriously Growing ‘Lopsided’, New Study Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>The inner core powers the dynamic process that generates our planet\u2019s magnetic field, which protects the Earth from many forms of harmful radiation and plays a crucial role in the planet\u2019s ability to sustain life.<\/p>\n

An international group of scientists has revealed that Earth\u2019s inner core is growing in a “lopsided” pattern every year. According to the findings of their study, published on 3 June in the journal Nature, the inner core grows in an uneven manner with new iron crystals forming faster on the east side than the west side.<\/p>\n

Researchers admit that they don\u2019t know what causes this lopsided growth, noting that in order to answer it they have to understand the processes that are going on in Earth\u2019s mantle.<\/p>\n

“Every layer in the Earth is controlled by what’s above it, and influences what’s below it. The inner core is slowly freezing out of the liquid outer core, like a snowball adding more layers. The outer core is then cooled by the mantle above it \u2014 so to ask the question of why the inner core is growing faster on one side than the other might be asking the question of why is one side of the mantle cooler than the other?” said Daniel Frost, a seismologist at the University of California and lead author of the study.<\/p>\n

Researchers say one of the reasons that may have caused the uneven growth is the formation of subduction zones, which occurs when two tectonic plates collide, with one being thrust beneath another.<\/p>\n

Besides the lopsided growth, scientists have also discovered that our planet\u2019s inner core loses heat in an uneven manner, which they say could explain another mystery \u2013 the weakening of Earth\u2019s magnetic field, which protects our planet from cosmic radiation and charged particles emitted by the Sun.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About South-Sudan<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – South-Sudan. The inner core powers the dynamic process that generates our planet\u2019s magnetic field, which protects the Earth from many forms of harmful radiation and plays a crucial role in the planet\u2019s ability to sustain life. An international group of scientists has revealed that Earth\u2019s inner core is growing in a “lopsided” pattern […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":56177,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,9],"tags":[234,265,233],"class_list":["post-56178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-miscellaneous","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-south-sudan","tag-south-sudan"],"yoast_head":"\nEarth\u2019s Core is Mysteriously Growing 'Lopsided', New Study Claims - South Sudan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The inner core powers the dynamic process that generates our planet\u2019s magnetic field, which protects the Earth from many ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/earths-core-is-mysteriously-growing-lopsided-new-study-claims\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Earth\u2019s Core is Mysteriously Growing 'Lopsided', New Study Claims\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The inner core powers the dynamic process that generates our planet\u2019s magnetic field, which protects the Earth from many ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/earths-core-is-mysteriously-growing-lopsided-new-study-claims\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"South Sudan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-04-09T14:20:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-04-09T14:22:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2024\/04\/sm_1712659874.805167.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"881\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/earths-core-is-mysteriously-growing-lopsided-new-study-claims#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/earths-core-is-mysteriously-growing-lopsided-new-study-claims\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Earth\u2019s Core is Mysteriously Growing ‘Lopsided’, New Study Claims\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-04-09T14:20:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-04-09T14:22:35+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/earths-core-is-mysteriously-growing-lopsided-new-study-claims\"},\"wordCount\":327,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/earths-core-is-mysteriously-growing-lopsided-new-study-claims#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2024\/04\/sm_1712659874.805167.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-South-Sudan\",\"South-Sudan\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"miscellaneous\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/earths-core-is-mysteriously-growing-lopsided-new-study-claims#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/earths-core-is-mysteriously-growing-lopsided-new-study-claims\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/earths-core-is-mysteriously-growing-lopsided-new-study-claims\",\"name\":\"Earth\u2019s Core is Mysteriously Growing 'Lopsided', New Study Claims - South Sudan\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/earths-core-is-mysteriously-growing-lopsided-new-study-claims#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/earths-core-is-mysteriously-growing-lopsided-new-study-claims#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2024\/04\/sm_1712659874.805167.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-04-09T14:20:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-04-09T14:22:35+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"The inner core powers the dynamic process that generates our planet\u2019s magnetic field, which protects the Earth from many ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/earths-core-is-mysteriously-growing-lopsided-new-study-claims#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/earths-core-is-mysteriously-growing-lopsided-new-study-claims\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/earths-core-is-mysteriously-growing-lopsided-new-study-claims#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2024\/04\/sm_1712659874.805167.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2024\/04\/sm_1712659874.805167.jpg\",\"width\":881,\"height\":900,\"caption\":\"Earth\u2019s Core is Mysteriously Growing 'Lopsided', New Study Claims\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/earths-core-is-mysteriously-growing-lopsided-new-study-claims#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Earth\u2019s Core is Mysteriously Growing ‘Lopsided’, New Study Claims\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/\",\"name\":\"South Sudan\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Earth\u2019s Core is Mysteriously Growing 'Lopsided', New Study Claims - South Sudan","description":"The inner core powers the dynamic process that generates our planet\u2019s magnetic field, which protects the Earth from many ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/earths-core-is-mysteriously-growing-lopsided-new-study-claims","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Earth\u2019s Core is Mysteriously Growing 'Lopsided', New Study Claims","og_description":"The inner core powers the dynamic process that generates our planet\u2019s magnetic field, which protects the Earth from many ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/earths-core-is-mysteriously-growing-lopsided-new-study-claims","og_site_name":"South Sudan","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2024-04-09T14:20:44+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-04-09T14:22:35+00:00","og_image":[{"width":881,"height":900,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2024\/04\/sm_1712659874.805167.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/earths-core-is-mysteriously-growing-lopsided-new-study-claims#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/earths-core-is-mysteriously-growing-lopsided-new-study-claims"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Earth\u2019s Core is Mysteriously Growing ‘Lopsided’, New Study Claims","datePublished":"2024-04-09T14:20:44+00:00","dateModified":"2024-04-09T14:22:35+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/earths-core-is-mysteriously-growing-lopsided-new-study-claims"},"wordCount":327,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/earths-core-is-mysteriously-growing-lopsided-new-study-claims#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2024\/04\/sm_1712659874.805167.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-South-Sudan","South-Sudan"],"articleSection":["all news","miscellaneous"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/earths-core-is-mysteriously-growing-lopsided-new-study-claims#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/earths-core-is-mysteriously-growing-lopsided-new-study-claims","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/earths-core-is-mysteriously-growing-lopsided-new-study-claims","name":"Earth\u2019s Core is Mysteriously Growing 'Lopsided', New Study Claims - South Sudan","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/earths-core-is-mysteriously-growing-lopsided-new-study-claims#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/earths-core-is-mysteriously-growing-lopsided-new-study-claims#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2024\/04\/sm_1712659874.805167.jpg","datePublished":"2024-04-09T14:20:44+00:00","dateModified":"2024-04-09T14:22:35+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"The inner core powers the dynamic process that generates our planet\u2019s magnetic field, which protects the Earth from many ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/earths-core-is-mysteriously-growing-lopsided-new-study-claims#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/earths-core-is-mysteriously-growing-lopsided-new-study-claims"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/earths-core-is-mysteriously-growing-lopsided-new-study-claims#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2024\/04\/sm_1712659874.805167.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2024\/04\/sm_1712659874.805167.jpg","width":881,"height":900,"caption":"Earth\u2019s Core is Mysteriously Growing 'Lopsided', New Study Claims"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/earths-core-is-mysteriously-growing-lopsided-new-study-claims#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Earth\u2019s Core is Mysteriously Growing ‘Lopsided’, New Study Claims"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/","name":"South Sudan","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56178\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}