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Earth's Core, Magnetic Field Changing Fast, Study Says
National Geographic Society ^ | June 30, 2008 | Kimberly Johnson

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.nationalgeographic.com ...


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To: hripka

“The decline in the magnetic field also is opening Earth’s upper atmosphere to intense charged particle radiation, scientists say.”

This ain’t good! Reminds me of this.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_the_Spheres_(The_Outer_Limits)


41 posted on 07/10/2008 2:25:56 PM PDT by wolfcreek (I see miles and miles of Texas....let's keep it that way.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
I'm pretty sure global warming has something to do with it, but the primary cause is probably more related to inequities in the system of social justice in the world.

As a disproportionate share of the world's wealth has accrued in the northern half of the Western Hemisphere, it has caused an imbalance along the Earth's rotational axis, disturbing the natural movement of the liquid core. Studies conducted by experts have concluded that capitalism and allowance of so-called "free enterprise" are the primary culprits creating this phenomena.

Fortunately, the very plans designed to combat global warming will also be effective in bringing about substantial readjustment of the current imbalance by transferring a goodly portion of the wealth from the developed western nations to the more needy states. However, the newly discovered Anthroprogenic Magnetic Field Disturbances (AMFD) adds a new urgency for these measures.

A scientific consensus is rapidly forming that only massive redistribution of resources imposed by an international tribunal with extensive enforcement authority can prevent the total dstruction of the planet within the next one or two generations.

42 posted on 07/10/2008 2:25:56 PM PDT by San Jacinto
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To: hripka

INTREP - consider the source


43 posted on 07/10/2008 2:26:11 PM PDT by LiteKeeper (Beware the secularization of America; the Islamization of Eurabia)
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To: hripka

Does that mean that our magnetic compasses won’t work right any more? What about GPS devices?

OMG, start a multi-billion project to prevent this. (Yo, algore, now project.)


44 posted on 07/10/2008 2:30:15 PM PDT by CPOSharky (Blaming CO2 for global warming is like blaming your thermometer for your kid's fever.)
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To: Just another Joe
Think about it, you go across the equator and water swirls down the drain the other way.

So if you flush the quarterback in the Northern hemisphere, he'll go down clockwise, correct?

45 posted on 07/10/2008 2:32:54 PM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham (Barack Obama--the first black Jimmy Carter.)
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To: DBrow
While refrigerator magnets were once suspected as a major factor in the current crisis, experts have now determined that it is the refrigerators themselves that cause the problems, especially when stocked with red meat. It has been postulated that an average family of four should not require a refrigerator larger than a microwave oven, as storing more than 6.4 pounds of food product can be wasteful of resources needed today by third world countries.

An speaking of microwave ovens.....

46 posted on 07/10/2008 2:33:05 PM PDT by San Jacinto
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To: DBrow

I like how you think. But I have one word for you. Just one word. Ready? Cell Phones. ‘Nuff said.


47 posted on 07/10/2008 2:37:54 PM PDT by DManA
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To: DBrow

LOL! Your logic is inescapable.


48 posted on 07/10/2008 2:40:13 PM PDT by Captain Rhino ( If we have the WILL to do it, there is nothing built in China that we cannot do without.)
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To: RightWhale
The other is more or less catastrophic and involves either earth’s crust or the whole planet tipping over. That might have happened as recently as 12,000 years ago and be a regular event.

Considering the angular momentum generated by a spinning PLANET I think I'm going to have to call BS on that one.

Or is there any evidence that this has ever happened in history? I know that the earth precesses on it's rotation axis every 14,000 years which shoots the pole star from Polaris to Vega, but an actual turnover of the Earth??

49 posted on 07/10/2008 2:40:17 PM PDT by Centurion2000 (A citizen using a weapon to shoot a criminal is the ultimate act of independence from government.)
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To: unkus
12-21-12 ???

That Mayan Long Count is not that long. Something like 5125 years.

50 posted on 07/10/2008 2:42:12 PM PDT by Centurion2000 (A citizen using a weapon to shoot a criminal is the ultimate act of independence from government.)
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To: Hoffer Rand
"And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time."

Daniel 7:25

The "he" is thought to be the Anti-Christ. Your post reminded me of this verse. The jihadists want to change the time!

51 posted on 07/10/2008 2:43:26 PM PDT by TruthConquers (Delendae sunt publici scholae)
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To: hripka
Must be our “addiction” to oil that's causing it.
52 posted on 07/10/2008 2:44:01 PM PDT by isrul (Help make every day, "Disrespect a muzzie day.")
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To: Centurion2000
is there any evidence that this has ever happened in history?

Not in history. When this happens history ends. Maybe later history starts up again, but the old history would be wiped, as if a Great Flood had happened. Evidence abounds. The precession is more like 26,000 years, also known as the Great Year, which would not be affected.

53 posted on 07/10/2008 2:44:39 PM PDT by RightWhale (I will veto each and every beer)
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To: Mr Ramsbotham
So if you flush the quarterback in the Northern hemisphere, he'll go down clockwise, correct?

No, no, if you flush the quarterback in the Northern hemisphere he just goes down hard.

If you flush the quarterback in the Southern hemisphere he's just been running too much and has a pink glow on his cheekbones.

54 posted on 07/10/2008 2:46:30 PM PDT by Just another Joe (Warning: FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)
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To: hripka

First the ice shelf is hanging by a thread...NOW THIS!!

Our magnets are acting funny.


55 posted on 07/10/2008 2:46:58 PM PDT by RetSignman (DEMSM: "If you tell a big enough lie, frequently enough, it becomes the truth")
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To: hripka

This could be chaos. Birds are going to start flying upside-down. Airplanes will fly to Mexico instead of Canada. Boy Scouts all over the world will get lost and die.


56 posted on 07/10/2008 2:50:12 PM PDT by LiberConservative ("Typical" white guy)
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To: hripka

Chinese mothers will soon be yelling at their kids in the yard “What are you, digging to America?”


57 posted on 07/10/2008 2:53:14 PM PDT by P.O.E. (Thank God for every morning.)
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To: hripka

There must be something we can do to stop this. If not for us, then for our children.


58 posted on 07/10/2008 2:55:18 PM PDT by GSWarrior
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To: bdfromlv
"everyone on the planet needs to jump in the air at the same time

Or, we could all face the same direction, take a deep breath, and blow as hard as we can on the count of three.

59 posted on 07/10/2008 2:55:24 PM PDT by smedley64 (Dems go all-in every 4 years with a 7-2 offsuit marxist, hoping to hit the flop big just one time.)
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To: San Jacinto

[refrigerator magnets were once suspected]

I know but ,in present day, I think it is that old ugly Arab woman with the Bomb Magnet.


60 posted on 07/10/2008 2:57:07 PM PDT by RetSignman (DEMSM: "If you tell a big enough lie, frequently enough, it becomes the truth")
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