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If the center of the earth is 6000 degrees, and the depth to center is about 6000 km, and the crust is about 40km, why don't raising the global temp two degrees cause 2km of crust (5%) to melt and cause earthquakes and volcanoes?

by /u/cleuseau in /r/askscience

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