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 ...
“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)
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.
INTREP - consider the source
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.)
So if you flush the quarterback in the Northern hemisphere, he'll go down clockwise, correct?
An speaking of microwave ovens.....
I like how you think. But I have one word for you. Just one word. Ready? Cell Phones. ‘Nuff said.
LOL! Your logic is inescapable.
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??
That Mayan Long Count is not that long. Something like 5125 years.
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!
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.
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.
First the ice shelf is hanging by a thread...NOW THIS!!
Our magnets are acting funny.
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.
Chinese mothers will soon be yelling at their kids in the yard “What are you, digging to America?”
There must be something we can do to stop this. If not for us, then for our children.
Or, we could all face the same direction, take a deep breath, and blow as hard as we can on the count of three.
[refrigerator magnets were once suspected]
I know but ,in present day, I think it is that old ugly Arab woman with the Bomb Magnet.
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