Two Hot Mantle Blobs Steer Earth's Magnetic Field
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A Nature Geoscience study and simulations suggest two enormous, hot blobs at the base of Earth’s mantle influence heat flow to the outer core, sustaining the geodynamo and stabilizing Earth’s magnetic field for millions of years.
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