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James Stewart

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
1424 total appearances

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Earth's Inner Core Just Stopped Spinning | Astrum Earth

And so by the early 20th century, you had a theory that the Earth had an iron core and apparent proof that some sort of core did in fact exist.

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Earth's Inner Core Just Stopped Spinning | Astrum Earth

We were finally beginning to crack the inner structure of our planet.

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Earth's Inner Core Just Stopped Spinning | Astrum Earth

And yet, despite these great strides, these pioneers missed something.

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Earth's Inner Core Just Stopped Spinning | Astrum Earth

Sometimes I get so focused on all the awesome stuff happening below our feet, I forget that the stuff on land also needs a bit of love too, perhaps now more than ever.

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Earth's Inner Core Just Stopped Spinning | Astrum Earth

That's where our friends at Planet Wild come in.

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Earth's Inner Core Just Stopped Spinning | Astrum Earth

They are a community-based nature protection organisation fighting back.

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Earth's Inner Core Just Stopped Spinning | Astrum Earth

Think of them like crowdfunding, but for nature.

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Earth's Inner Core Just Stopped Spinning | Astrum Earth

Each month, their community funds a project to restore nature around the world and then documents it with a YouTube video report so you can see the impact of your contribution.

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Earth's Inner Core Just Stopped Spinning | Astrum Earth

It's actually their transparency that inspired us to become members in the first place.

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Earth's Inner Core Just Stopped Spinning | Astrum Earth

And with so much plastic waste around, especially at this time of year after Christmas, one of my favourite projects they're working on right now is a breakthrough that could stop plastic from reaching the oceans.

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Earth's Inner Core Just Stopped Spinning | Astrum Earth

Now, my background is actually in sustainability, and I'm very, very personally invested in what these guys are doing.

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Earth's Inner Core Just Stopped Spinning | Astrum Earth

So much so, I wanted to give as many of you the chance to get involved too.

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Earth's Inner Core Just Stopped Spinning | Astrum Earth

The first 100 people to sign up to Planet Wild using my code ASTRUM1 will get their first month paid for by me.

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Earth's Inner Core Just Stopped Spinning | Astrum Earth

Yes, just scan the QR code on screen right now or click the link in the video description.

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Earth's Inner Core Just Stopped Spinning | Astrum Earth

And the best part, you'll immediately have an impact and see the results in less than 30 days as we head back to the video.

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Earth's Inner Core Just Stopped Spinning | Astrum Earth

As seismographs continued to spread around the world and more and more data was gathered for scientists to pour over, they noticed that S-waves didn't register on some seismographs.

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Earth's Inner Core Just Stopped Spinning | Astrum Earth

Something was stopping them.

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Earth's Inner Core Just Stopped Spinning | Astrum Earth

Now, remember I said that S-waves don't transmit through liquids?

Astrum Space
Earth's Inner Core Just Stopped Spinning | Astrum Earth

Well, it was a small leap, therefore, to go from that fact to the idea that Earth's core must therefore be liquid iron.

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Earth's Inner Core Just Stopped Spinning | Astrum Earth

It wasn't completely wrong, but there was something they had all missed, and it took a Danish scientist to find it.