Posted on 02/01/2017 9:05:34 PM PST by MtnClimber
The Earth’s continuously changing magnetic field surrounds the planet like an invisible force field – deflecting highly charged solar particles. Reversals are the rule, not the exception. Earth has settled in the last 20 million years into a pattern of a pole reversal about every 200,000 to 300,000 years, although it has been more than twice that long since the last reversal, the Brunhes-Matuyama, that occurred around 780,000 years ago. A temporary reversal, the Laschamp event, occurred around 41,000 years ago, and lasted less than 1,000 years with the actual change of polarity lasting around 250 years.
Our planet’s history includes at least several hundred global reversals, where north and south magnetic poles switch places, and take a weaker and more complex form that may fall to 10% of the present-day strength with magnetic poles at the equator, or even the simultaneous existence of multiple “north” and “south” magnetic poles.
These geomagnetic reversals occur a few times every million years on average. However, the interval between reversals is very irregular and can range up to tens of millions of years. There can also be temporary and incomplete reversals, known as events and excursions, in which the magnetic poles move away from the geographic poles – perhaps even crossing the equator – before returning back to their original locations.
Many doomsday theorists have tried to take this natural geological occurrence and suggest it could lead to Earth's destruction. But would there be any dramatic effects? NASA's answer, from the geologic and fossil records we have from hundreds of past magnetic polarity reversals, seems to be 'no.' But the magnetic north pole is moving faster now, actually, as scientists estimate the pole is migrating northward about 40 miles per year, as opposed to about 10 miles per year...
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Pole reversal coming in 10 - 9 -8 - 7 seconds.
A lot of Las Vegas pool dancers are going to have to change their direction.
True story: I once worked with a very good looking young man who was a bit actor in some of the “beach movies”.
He told me that one day a friend, talking about another actress (I assume), said that he wouldn’t “hit her with a ten foot pool” to which Glen said, “How about a 5 ft 6” Italian”?
(Himself, he was desperate for a date).
Lead lined baseball caps worn backwards. Hussein is in the vanguard on this.
It is caused by the wind turbines, solar plants and electric cars. All the electric components needed for Global twisting, hereafter called Global polar change.
When this occurs, will the polar bears and the penguins find some way to switch locations? If not, we’ll have to revise a shitload of encyclopedias.
Trump did it.
I bet that when the polar bears and penguins swap homes, a lot of the penguins disappear and the bears are fatter.
““780,000 years ago.” Exactly, and not a day or minute more or less? Nonsense.”
Obviously rounded to the nearest 10,000 years.
Speaking of retarded things, if earth is a giant magnet, how come my little magnet can pick up things?
Nice knowing y’all
So the compass in my GPS will fail?
I’m curious to see the log where the reversals were recorded previously. How on earth to they know when this happened?
In 200 years, museum visitors will ask what this “compass” thingie was used for.
Whoops! Better change my tag line!
But out toilets will spin the wrong way upon flush.
As long as FR is around we’ll be ok.
Its too bad “scientists” don’t have to use court room rules of evidence in order to make such ridiculous claims....
“Science” has become what it used to be- alchemy and witches’ brew. It is now more in the vein of philosophy and imagination than observable, repeatable, testable logic and fact, and they belittle those of us who indeed have faith in a Creator.
And yes, I am a “scientist” by training and education.
Has Al Gore wrote crisis book about tha yet? lol
-PJ
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