What If the Earth Had No Core?
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Deep under the crust and mantle of our Earth lies its core. Earth’s core was formed during the Iron Catastrophe, a major geological event where Earth was heated to temperatures above iron’s melting point. Would a coreless Earth even be sustainable? Could humans live on an Earth with no core? And what kind of environment would we see on this type of Earth?
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00:00 Earth with no core
00:52 Where is the core?
02:08 Thanks, Upstart!
03:23 Planet formation
04:31 Magnetic field
05:50 Desert Earth?
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