Submitted by BayRunner t3_10jpa0r in askscience
RickSchwifty t1_j5o0byk wrote
Reply to comment by Aurora_Fatalis in What are the forces on Earth’s Inner Core that change its speed? by BayRunner
As far as I understand earth will inevitably become similar to mars: as the earths core cools down and solidifies our magnetic field begins to disintegrate, seismic and volcanic activities will disappear which ultimately will thin out our atmosphere to a point where life will be impossible. We talking billions of years ofc.
According to science only half of earths internal heat stems from radioactivity, the rest being primordial heat. This in turn means our planet is obviously much cooler than it used to be.
https://www.science.org/content/article/earth-still-retains-much-its-original-heat
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