[pabianice]

BS yourself. The long-term changes in magnetic north have been well-documented for decades. Magnetic north is changing as we speak -- just compare some old aeronautical charts with the new versions.

But the poles hardly reverse every 1,000 years as the article states. Sorry. Still wrong.

[Dog Gone]

But the poles hardly reverse every 1,000 years as the article states.

It doesn't say that. Your reading comprehension skills truly do suck.

[SunkenCiv]

But the poles hardly reverse every 1,000 years as the article states. Sorry. Still wrong.

The article states:

Magnetic north heads south, and -- over about 1,000 years -- the field does a complete flip-flop. While the Oregon data is controversial, Earth scientists agree that the geological evidence as a whole -- the "paleomagnetic" record -- proves such reversals happened many times over the past billion years.

"Some reversals occurred within a few 10,000 years of each other," says Los Alamos scientist Gary Glatzmaier, "and there are other periods where no reversals occurred for tens of millions of years."

The article does not say that the magnetic pole changes every 1000 years.