Posted on 07/10/2008 1:53:24 PM PDT by hripka
Rapid changes in the churning movement of Earth's liquid outer core are weakening the magnetic field in some regions of the planet's surface, a new study says.
"What is so surprising is that rapid, almost sudden, changes take place in the Earth's magnetic field," said study co-author Nils Olsen, a geophysicist at the Danish National Space Center in Copenhagen.
The findings suggest similarly quick changes are simultaneously occurring in the liquid metal, 1,900 miles (3,000 kilometers) below the surface, he said.
The swirling flow of molten iron and nickel around Earth's solid center triggers an electrical current, which generates the planet's magnetic field.
The study, published recently in Nature Geoscience, modeled Earth's magnetic field using nine years of highly accurate satellite data.
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Rove must’ve installed a new button on his control panel.
Bush’s fault.
Is it too soon to say,”Bush’s fault”?
Obviously not...
by 7 seconds.
Global warming must be worse than we thought. /sarc
Think about it, you go across the equator and water swirls down the drain the other way.
Think crossing the galactic equator is any different?
</only slightly tongue in cheek>
We might be in for some kind of “super ride”. This Top we’re riding might get out of kilter.
They do it with everything else.
It’s All Al Gore’s fault.
Very interesting. Thanks for the link.
It is unfortunate that this still passes for science.
-——suggest similarly quick changes are simultaneously occurring in the liquid metal,-——
It is not surprising that on the C/E threads statements of this mode are so prevalent.
Doesn’t matter-he’ll have to ride ‘er down, too.
Women and minorities hardest hit.
Interesting stuff. I wonder if past pole shifts/reversals came about this way?
The solution is to stop the developed nations from being able to produce. In addition they must pay a Magnetic Field Penalty to the UN for dispersal to needy countries.
The problem was not so bad in the 40's when really the only excess unshielded magnets were glued to little plastic dogs. The rapid proliferation of refrigerator magnets (in developed countries, who have refrigerators) is a relatively new phenomenon, and since it coincides with radical, dangerous shifts in Earth's magnetic field, must be the cause.
There’s evidence this has happened a dozen times in the past...
Let’s wait and see how they link this to global warming..
everyone on the planet needs to jump in the air at the same time
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