The Core of Earth Is Acting Weird and the Clues Are Terrifying

So, get this—scientists just dropped some wild news in the journal Nature. Earth's inner core, that super-hot solid ball deep inside the planet, might actually stop spinning in about 15 years. Yep, you read that right! Researchers have been tracking earthquake waves and found that the core, which used to rotate from west to east, suddenly stopped around 2009-2010. Now, it’s slowly moving in the opposite direction, and by 2040, it might come to a complete stop before flipping and syncing up with Earth's spin again. This could mess with our magnetic field, so yeah… it’s kind of a big deal. Credit: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... : Earth Core V2: By Ipay, https://skfb.ly/6USXB Magnetic Field Lines: By ragnaringi, https://skfb.ly/6ZPtz Diamond Cape Province: By Marie-Lan Taÿ Pamart, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... CC BY-SA 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... : Bruce Bolt: By Jane Scherr, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... VFPt cylindermagnet: By Geek3, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Kolskaya-sverhglubokaya: By Alexander Novikov, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Kinemetrics seismograph: By Yamaguchi先生, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Rough diamond: By Unknown author, CC BY 3.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... , https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Animation is created by Bright Side. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music from TheSoul Sound: https://thesoul-sound.com/ Check our Bright Side podcast on Spotify and leave a positive review! https://open.spotify.com/show/0hUkPxD... Subscribe to Bright Side: https://goo.gl/rQTJZz ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our Social Media: Facebook:   / brightplanet   Instagram:   / brightside.official   TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@brightside.of... Stock materials (photos, footages and other): https://www.depositphotos.com https://www.shutterstock.com https://www.eastnews.ru ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For more videos and articles visit: http://www.brightside.me ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This video is made for entertainment purposes. We do not make any warranties about the completeness, safety and reliability. Any action you take upon the information in this video is strictly at your own risk, and we will not be liable for any damages or losses. It is the viewer's responsibility to use judgement, care and precaution if you plan to replicate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices