Evidence from distant parts of Earth’s crust suggests the core is pulsing, sending up a regular batch of magma to the surface (Image: Martin Rietze / WestEnd61 / Rex)
EARTH may have a heartbeat. Evidence from Hawaii and Iceland hints that the planet’s core may be dispatching simultaneous plumes of magma towards the surface every 15 million years or so.
If the hypothesis is true, it would revolutionise our ideas of what’s happening far below our feet. Independent scientists contacted by Â鶹´«Ã½ were split, with some scornful and others intrigued.
of the University of Bergen and…
