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Earth

Submission + - Ocean currents proposed as cause of magnetic field (iop.org)

pjt33 writes: The Institute of Physics reports a recently published paper which proposes that ocean currents could account for Earth's magnetic field. The currently predominant theory is that the cause is molten iron flowing in the Earth's outer core. There is at present no direct evidence for either theory.

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