An observed hemispheric structure in the Earth's inner core has been hard to reconcile with evidence that it rotates faster than the mantle. Detection of a shift of the hemisphere boundary that occurred over geological timescales removes the contradiction.
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Dumberry, M. A new twist on inner-core spin. Nature Geosci 4, 216–217 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo1091
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