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Using X-rays to take the earth's temperature

Scientists have used X-rays to work out that the approximate temperature at the base of the earth's mantle is a scorching 3 700 degrees Celsius.

http://www.esrf.eu/cms/render/live/en/sites/www/home/news/general/content-news/general/new-insight-into-the-temperature-of-deep-earth.html