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What causes Earth's electric field?


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Earth's electric field

  1. The flowing liquid metal in the outer core of the planet generates electric current
  2. As we know the earth spins on its own axis.
  3. The rotation of Earth on its axis results in these electric currents to form a magnetic field.

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