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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

Change fell out of my pocket today and my hair is standing straight up. Looks like we’re upside-down. Good thing I have a compass that always points south so I can find a penguin and ask directions home.


61 posted on 07/10/2008 2:59:23 PM PDT by sergeantdave (We are entering the Age of the Idiot)
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To: unkus

[planet tipping over]

“Daddy!!..Daddy!! that man said we are all going to fall off the world”


62 posted on 07/10/2008 3:03:32 PM PDT by RetSignman (DEMSM: "If you tell a big enough lie, frequently enough, it becomes the truth")
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To: RetSignman

“Buckle up, kids”.


63 posted on 07/10/2008 3:05:28 PM PDT by unkus
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To: CPOSharky

GPS would continue to work in a mag-pole-flip scenario.


64 posted on 07/10/2008 3:06:59 PM PDT by DBrow
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To: smedley64

We would have to blow to the east i.6 billion muslims would be blowing toward mecca


65 posted on 07/10/2008 3:09:38 PM PDT by bdfromlv (Leavenworth hard time)
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To: RetSignman
It's not so bad. Maybe that filling in my tooth will quit picking up NPR and start receiving Rush Limbaugh.


66 posted on 07/10/2008 3:10:31 PM PDT by Viking2002 (Barak Obama is as inept as a bear cub with his dink.)
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To: San Jacinto

A vegan diet will help stop this dangerous pole flip. The UN has long advocated a vegetarian diet and their foresight is apparent.


67 posted on 07/10/2008 3:10:57 PM PDT by DBrow
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To: hripka
Sceeeeery!

gotmyeyeonyou1

68 posted on 07/10/2008 3:12:46 PM PDT by brytlea (amnesty--an act of clemency by an authority by which pardon is granted esp. to a group of individual)
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To: DBrow

Whew, we just broke down and bought a Magellan!


69 posted on 07/10/2008 3:13:38 PM PDT by brytlea (amnesty--an act of clemency by an authority by which pardon is granted esp. to a group of individual)
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To: what's up

Will any of my carbon credits help me survive this coming disaster.


70 posted on 07/10/2008 3:16:36 PM PDT by 3catsanadog (Drill here, drill now!!!!!)
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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.

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I'd like more info please.

71 posted on 07/10/2008 3:28:41 PM PDT by Dick Vomer (liberals suck....... but it depends on what your definition of the word "suck" is.,)
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To: 3catsanadog
You need more carbon credits!
Freepmail me your credit card information and I will sell you some of mine.
Do it, for the children!
72 posted on 07/10/2008 3:31:16 PM PDT by MaryFromMichigan
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To: OB1kNOb

NASA Details Earthquake Effects on the Earth
January 10, 2005

NASA scientists using data from the Indonesian earthquake calculated it affected Earth’s rotation, decreased the length of day, slightly changed the planet’s shape, and shifted the North Pole by centimeters. The earthquake that created the huge tsunami also changed the Earth’s rotation.

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2005-009


73 posted on 07/10/2008 3:34:05 PM PDT by EBH ( ... the riotousness of the crowd is always very close to madness. --Alculin c.735-804)
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To: Just another Joe

2012 the end of the Mayan Calender means WE’RE ALL DOOMED!!!!!!!!!!!!!! RUN FOR THE HILLS


74 posted on 07/10/2008 3:36:27 PM PDT by crazydad
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To: hripka

Labeled a “Flip-Flop”. Is the earth a Democrat?


75 posted on 07/10/2008 3:37:36 PM PDT by 444Flyer (Marriage=1 man+1 woman! Vote "YES" on Prop 8, amend the Calif. State Constitution this November.)
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To: hripka

As an engineer I sometimes think that Christ being the life and the light he has the power within himself that as he travels to these lower realms all things realign automatically. like a magnet and some ferrous material, all align to the source of power..interesting thoughts..perhaps the tilt is not a function of the earths core materials but the reaction of Christ attention and possible appearance, either the realm aligns itself, or is so far from being a conductive material due to its sins(darkness)that the light and power flux repels the darkness causing these affects..
I know, huh? Just some food for thought..Come Lord Jesus!!


76 posted on 07/10/2008 3:39:29 PM PDT by aeonspromise
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To: Dick Vomer

Wouldn’t we all


77 posted on 07/10/2008 3:40:22 PM PDT by RightWhale (I will veto each and every beer)
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To: RightWhale
HAB Theory...
78 posted on 07/10/2008 3:48:51 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist ©® - CTHULHU/SHOGGOTH '08 = Nothing LESS!!!)
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To: Chode

It is said that many who read The HAB Theory remember it for years. I don’t remember it, so maybe I haven’t read it. But, I shall as soon as it arrives from Amazon. Out of print, but used are available, some for outlandish price.


79 posted on 07/10/2008 3:58:57 PM PDT by RightWhale (I will veto each and every beer)
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To: DBrow

So basically you are saying refrigerator art is the cause of TEOLAWKI (the end of life as we know it)?

The earth is an art critic? Who knew.


80 posted on 07/10/2008 4:02:52 PM PDT by Grammy (Obama worked for 143 days as a Senator before deciding he was qualified to be President.)
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