If it’s hot in the center of the earth, Then why is it cold in the bottom of the sea?
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>If it’s hot in the center of the earth, Then why is it cold in the bottom of the sea?
The bottom of the sea is – on a planetary scale – not much deeper than the highest mountain peak. It’s still just part of the very outermost crust. All the Earth’s residual formation heat and the ongoing generation from nuclear decay is happening much farther “down” at much higher pressures.
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