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Earth's magnetic field is not caused by anything happening in the oceans - it's created in Earth's outer core, which is molten metal.

Scientists aren't entirely sure how the magnetic field is formed, but they believe it is due to the dynamo theory:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamo_theory

2007-01-28 08:31:45 · answer #1 · answered by kris 6 · 1 0

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