Is the earths core heating up . Are we going to ignite like the sun .?

Question

Measurements of the earths inner core have revealed a 75,000 degree temperature increase in just the last 2 months .Over the last 10 years it has gone up 3 million degrees and we are approaching a point of no return . Some predict that it is possible with the electro magnetic field in flux that we could ignite and go up like the sun .

Answer 1

Where did you get that information?

Scientists estimate the temperature of the Earth's core to be approxiamtely 9,000 degrees Fahrenheit. By contrast, the surface temperature of the Sun is 9,600 degrees Fahrenheit.

It is geologically impossible for the Earth's core as we know it to expeirence a three million degree temperature increase.

Answer 2

If the Earth's core had increased by such an amount then we would have ignited like the sun and there would be nothing left of the planet.

I'm not sure where your numbers have come from but the source is wrong.

There's no way to measure the temperature at the centre of the Earth so we have to use some scientific guesswork, this gives a figure in the region of 4000°C (7200°F); this compares to the temperature of the surface of the sun which is 6000°C (10,800°F).

Such a temperature rise wouldn't be possible, these sorts of temperatures occur only under the most extreme of conditions such as particle acceleration, no need to worry about the Earth burning up; one day it will when the Sun goes nova, but that's billions of years away yet.

Answer 3

The earth's core is heating up because is has radioactive elements that are decaying, but there is no where near enough gravity to cause fusion like the sun. The earth is too small.
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For all this, however, Marone says, the vast majority of the heat in Earth's interior—up to 90 percent—is fueled by the decaying of radioactive isotopes like Potassium 40, Uranium 238, 235, and Thorium 232 contained within the mantle. These isotopes radiate heat as they shed excess energy and move toward stability. "The amount of heat caused by this radiation is almost the same as the total heat measured emanating from the Earth."
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Answer 4

The sun ignited due to pressure and hydrogen. The earth doesn't have near enough pressure nor adequate hydrogen to create fussion. There have been no 75,000 degree increase in the last 2 months and if there were you would not know it due to the slowness of the temperature gradient.

Answer 5

The Sun does not ignite - it's energy comes from nuclear fusion.

The Earth does not have the mass necessary to initiate a self-sustaining fusion reaction with the suspected elements present at the core.

Answer 6

Where did you get that? the Earth's core temperature is between 3000 and 6000 degrees fahrenheit and thats all even if it doubled overnight every night for a week it wouldnt even hit one million degrees. but we would never know becsue there would be so many volcanic eruptions from the pressure that the earths surface would be molten after the third day

Answer 7

I got news for you. The core of the sun has already lit up and begun hydrogen fusion - 4.5 billion years ago! And it is still fusing this very second.

Answer 8

it is possible. every thing is. actually, global warming is said to be caused by our pollution being released into the air and destroying our ozone layer, therefore heating the outer layer of the earth and giving us immense sunburns causing skin cancer. this question is about the core having a meltdown and heating earth from the inside out, but global warming(the section in which you posted this question) is heating of the earth from the outside-in. sorry. hope i helped.

Answer 9

I'd like to see your sources. If that tempature change were factual, we'd be dead right now because the earth's crust would have melted already.

Also, planets don't turn into suns, except for possibly gas giants like Jupiter.

Answer 10

Where are you getting your information? The earth's core is less than 10,000 degrees.

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