Posted on 03/08/2018 10:41:30 AM PST by SunkenCiv
New research shows the most significant weakening is happening under Africa which has been dubbed the 'South Atlantic Anomaly' (SAA).
As well as giving us our north and south poles, the magnetic field blankets the Earth, protecting it from solar winds and cosmic radiation.
The forcefield has weakened significantly over the past 160 years and scientists now suggest it could be in the process of flipping.
Such a change would be a switch in magnetic polarity and would see compasses point south rather than north.
Scientists believe such an occurrence has actually happened several times in the history of our planet, transpiring roughly every 200,000 to 300,000 years.
Approximately 40,000 years ago, the field is said to have attempted to switch before snapping back into place.
The SAA, which stretches all the way from Zimbabwe to Chile, is now of particular interest to scientists because it has weakened dramatically over the last 160 years...
A new study from the University of Rochester, published... data from sites in southern Africa and compiled a record of Earth's magnetic field strength over many centuries.
They used ancient African clay remnants dating back to the early and late Iron Ages to study past magnetic fields using "archaeomagnetism."
One of the lead researchers, John Tarduno, explained: "When you burn clay at very high temperatures, you actually stabilise the magnetic minerals, and when they cool from these very high temperatures, they lock in a record of the earth's magnetic field."
(Excerpt) Read more at express.co.uk ...
Doesn’t that name sound like a Guacamole Jam product?
This is also happening during a solar minimum. Cloud nucleation is going to result in a very cold planet and agricultural disruption. It is beginning to happen now.
Depends on the QB. A gay one will go down whereever he sees the opportunity.
Ancient Mariners Reveal Tales From The Earth’s Core
Nature ^ | 5-11-2006 | Phillip Ball
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Forget global warming, worry about the MAGNETOSPHERE: Earth’s magnetic field is collapsing ...
Daily Mail | 27 January 2014 | Ellie Zolfagharifard
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Oceans charge up new theory of magnetism
Times Online | 14 June 2009 | Jonathan Leake
Posted on 06/16/2009 9:29:47 AM PDT by BGHater
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2272783/posts
I need to re-label all my compasses.
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Africa PHENOMENON threatens to FLIP Earth’s magnetic field, taking the poles with it, caused by too much house flipping in South Africa.
Is Africa about to tip over?
5.56mm
The Vandals were Germanic and overran the Romans in modern Tunisia & Algeria - they held that area for centuries until Carthage fell (again), this time to the Saracens.
Could that be related?
Anyone with a second year geology class can tell you that this has happened regularly to the earth. It is not the end of the world. Magnetic direction is not going to let the atmosphere leave. Its not going to cause the crust to move. Its not going to do much except screw up a lot of land navigation training sessions that week.
And for those of you keeping track at home, 100,000 years to a geologist is a blink of an eye.
Poles to be switched. What now they’ll be Hungarian?
To the blue eyes and blond hair? I wouldn’t be surprised at all. :^)
May the Force be with you!
Will it capsize ? https://youtu.be/cesSRfXqS1Q
If you follow your GPS will it just take you back home? SKi resorts in Florida? It’s too flat.
Lol!! Welcome back 2007!
:’) Whatever kills you makes someone or something else stronger. :^)
Maybe TOTO knows.
161 miles!
Oh noes!
If it flips you can hate me.
We will all be dead in a year anyway.
Psst, no one gets out of this world alive.
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