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Will the world ever explode?

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No. There would have to be something inside the earth that was very hot, or very radioactive. But the earth is slowly cooling and does not appear to be hot enough inside to explode. It is hot in the core, but not hot enough for it to explode. It is hot enough to have volcanoes erupt, but that only occurs at the plate edges.

Samuel P Bowen


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