Posted on 02/01/2018 7:21:32 AM PST by blam
Scientists from the University of Colorado in Boulder are sounding the alarm that the Earth’s magnetic poles are showing signs of reversing. Although the pole reversal, in and of itself, isn’t unprecedented, the solar winds that would take out the power grid and make parts of the globe uninhabitable could cause widespread disasters.
The Earth has a fierce molten core that generates a magnetic field capable of defending our planet against devastating solar winds. This magnetic field is vital to life on Earth and has weakened by 15 percent over the last 200 years. This protective field acts as a shield against harmful solar radiation and extends thousands of miles into space and its magnetism affects everything from global communication to power grids.
Historically, Earth’s North and South magnetic poles have flipped every 200,000 or 300,000 years. However, the last flip was about 780,000 years ago, meaning our planet is well overdue. The latest satellite data, from the European Space Agency’s Swarm trio which monitors the Earth’s magnetic field, suggest a pole flip may be imminent. The satellites allow researchers to study changes building at the Earth’s core, where the magnetic field is generated. Their observations suggest molten iron and nickel are draining the energy out of the Earth’s core near where the magnetic field is generated. While scientists aren’t sure why exactly this happens, they describe it as a “restless activity” that suggests the magnetic field is preparing to flip.
The signs of the Earth’s poles reversing are also apparent to Daniel Baker, who says this would devastate the power grid. If a switch happens, we would likely be exposed to solar winds capable of punching holes into the ozone layer.
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It's Always Something (IAS)
And they know that it flipped before how?
North would become South, and vice versa.
Just what would change, other than Birds migrating upside down?.........................
Iron particles in rocks.................
The Chinese are ready. Their word for compass is “south-pointing needle.”
They really are getting desperate...
The Memo must still be released TODAY.
Oh no! More scientific facts!
I’m surprised they didn’t blame this on climate change.
The pole have flipped several times recently. For a while, it was flipping back and forth day by day.
Yes, this will happen but catastrophe it will not be. Gradually, over time. Maybe our great, great grandkids will know that magentic needles point south. Or north. Who knows what will happen to magnetized materials when that happens either.
If Hillary were president, she would pass a law that would raise taxes to keep this from happening!
Women and minorities hardest hit...
Charts. They have charts.
This has nothing to do with taking the focus away from the Obama memo.
The direction of the poles shows in rock strata. As magma cools, anything magnetic will line up and show the direction.
If the poles start shifting at a frequency of, say, sixty times per second, we would probably rename our planet “Tesla”.
and with those damned polarized plugs on everything these days, we can't even flip 'em over to avoid this pole shifting catastrophe .. figgers !
So... someone recorded this data in 1818 to get a baseline?
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