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I’ve been reading articles about the Northern magnetic pole moving as much as 30 miles a year. Any truth to this and what would it have to do with climate change? Not saying there’s anything to it, just askin’.


42 posted on 02/11/2019 1:14:11 PM PST by beelzepug (OCD and proud of it!)
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https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/earth/geophysics/question782.htm

...The Earth’s magnetic poles move. The magnetic North Pole moves in loops of up to 50 miles (80 km) per day.

But its actual location, an average of all these loops, is also moving at around 25 miles a year.

In the last 150 years, the pole has wandered a total of about 685 miles (1102 kilometers). The magnetic South Pole moves in a similar fashion...


46 posted on 02/11/2019 1:20:31 PM PST by jjotto (Next week, BOOM!, for sure!)
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