Earth's Magnetic Field Flip Could Happen Sooner Than Expected

10 Jul 2014 09:15 #1 by Grady

Changes measured by the Swarm satellite show that our magnetic field is weakening 10 times faster than originally predicted, especially over the Western Hemisphere
Earth's magnetic field, which protects the planet from huge blasts of deadly solar radiation, has been weakening over the past six months, according to data collected by a European Space Agency (ESA) satellite array called Swarm.

The biggest weak spots in the magnetic field — which extends 370,000 miles (600,000 kilometers) above the planet's surface — have sprung up over the Western Hemisphere, while the field has strengthened over areas like the southern Indian Ocean, according to the magnetometers onboard the Swarm satellites — three separate satellites floating in tandem.



www.scientificamerican.com/article/earth...ooner-than-expected/

Will this be a bigger deal than Y2K?

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10 Jul 2014 09:33 #2 by FredHayek
Or climate change?

Does modern navigation use GPS or still also depend on magnets?

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10 Jul 2014 17:16 - 11 Jul 2014 05:03 #3 by LOL
Ice will melt first on the north pole, and simultaneously build up on the south pole, thus causing the earth to flip over and reverse rotation.

SO the seasons will reverse (summer=winter), and we will go back in time (rotation) and undo everything.
No worries.

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10 Jul 2014 18:35 #4 by homeagain
Think of it as a "cosmic flush"....earth's "do over".

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10 Jul 2014 21:12 #5 by otisptoadwater
Depending on how soon this happens, assuming that it does eventually happen, it could be really bad news for communications networks and power grids in the Northern Hemisphere. Solar flares that we pretty much ignore now would be a much bigger problem if the magnetic fields over the northern hemisphere were significantly weakened. Prolonged communications and power outages could be devastating to the world wide economy.

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11 Jul 2014 14:20 #6 by homeagain

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