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Earth’s magnetic field is caused by what phenomenon?.
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Earth’s magnetic field is caused by what phenomenon?.

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The Earth's magnetic field is mostly caused by electric currents in the liquid outer core. The Earth's core is hotter than 1043 K, the Curie point temperature above which the orientations of spins within iron become randomized.
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