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human
If the Earth's core is slowly cooling, does that mean that the convection in the molten layer driving tectonic shift is beginning to slow?

If so, does this mean that continental drift is getting slower over time?
gpt
Yes, eventually it will. First of all, earth doesn't lose heat very fast because rock is a terrible heat conductor. Secondly, heat is still being generated from radioactive decay. However this is not an infinite source of heat and eventually earth will cool, slowly halting tectonics.