More geology errors from the BBC … This time from their Science and Nature – Hot Topics – Natural Disasters section on Earthquakes
Centre of the Earth
The Earth is made up of three main layers:
# The core is at the centre of the Earth
OK so far
# The mantle is a mobile semi-molten layer around the core
The [...]
I’ve just come across a page on the BBC Children’s website ‘explaining’ volcanoes [What causes volcanoes?] and it is full of basic errors of geology. If the BBC can’t get simple facts right for children what hope do we have in creating a proper understanding of our planet and our subject. I appreciate that they have [...]
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