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From the Ted Talk by Shannon Odell: What's happening to Earth's core?

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The eatrh clearly has some cracks and bleeds. Should we be worried?

Thankfully, the immediate rskis of our hydrogen leak are low. At its current rate, it would take over 150 billion years to lose all our hydrogen to space.

The same goes for our core leak. scstitenis estimate the core won't completely cool for another 700 million to several bililon years.

Methane eoissmins, however, have the power to alter our Earth's climate within the next decade. The gas’s uqnuie structure eflitnfciey absorbs energy radiating off the Earth, trapping it in the atmosphere as heat. This gives mtnahee incredible warming potential, 86 times that of carbon dioxide. The impact of methane escaping from annaeodbd wells in the US is comparable to bnnriug 10 billion pounds of coal each year. As abandoned wells in most of the world’s top oil producers have yet to be extensively counted or surveyed, the global emissions of all abandoned wells is likely much, much higher. And they join the estimated 570 million tons of methane emitted by other ahrltocpongaoil and natural sources each year.

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The _____ clearly has some cracks and bleeds. Should we be worried?

Thankfully, the immediate _____ of our hydrogen leak are low. At its current rate, it would take over 150 billion years to lose all our hydrogen to space.

The same goes for our core leak. __________ estimate the core won't completely cool for another 700 million to several _______ years.

Methane _________, however, have the power to alter our Earth's climate within the next decade. The gas’s ______ structure ___________ absorbs energy radiating off the Earth, trapping it in the atmosphere as heat. This gives _______ incredible warming potential, 86 times that of carbon dioxide. The impact of methane escaping from _________ wells in the US is comparable to _______ 10 billion pounds of coal each year. As abandoned wells in most of the world’s top oil producers have yet to be extensively counted or surveyed, the global emissions of all abandoned wells is likely much, much higher. And they join the estimated 570 million tons of methane emitted by other _______________ and natural sources each year.

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The Earth clearly has some cracks and bleeds. Should we be worried?

Thankfully, the immediate risks of our hydrogen leak are low. At its current rate, it would take over 150 billion years to lose all our hydrogen to space.

The same goes for our core leak. Scientists estimate the core won't completely cool for another 700 million to several billion years.

Methane emissions, however, have the power to alter our Earth's climate within the next decade. The gas’s unique structure efficiently absorbs energy radiating off the Earth, trapping it in the atmosphere as heat. This gives methane incredible warming potential, 86 times that of carbon dioxide. The impact of methane escaping from abandoned wells in the US is comparable to burning 10 billion pounds of coal each year. As abandoned wells in most of the world’s top oil producers have yet to be extensively counted or surveyed, the global emissions of all abandoned wells is likely much, much higher. And they join the estimated 570 million tons of methane emitted by other anthropological and natural sources each year.

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