An ingenious proposal holds that Earth's inner core is solidifying in the western hemisphere and melting in the east. The process is consequent on, and reinforces, its easterly slippage — or translation.
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Bergman, M. An inner core slip-sliding away. Nature 466, 697–698 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/466697a
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