Scientists find hole in Earth's magnetic field

yes, true indeed, but we all need to have a consensus as to how to go about it. if we believe that it is all human caused, we may ignore the signs that our planet is changing whether we have policies or not. in that case, we may miss the proper preparations for such changes, believing that policies and behavior alone will save the planet.

we need to make changes that will ensure our human survival should these planetary changes be unavoidable. agree?

Preach! say it :) i agree with you!

Ha! what you think of that mr saladin haha. Im so glad we have smart people like you to defend things thanks a bunch!

I totally agree with you Toni801....I am awesome!

There's no correlation between magnetic field loss and mass extinction at any point on the fossil record.

Even during total fuckups, like during a reversal of the poles, nothing dies out in large numbers. The fact is a hole in our magnetic field is always temporary and even if it wasn't. even IF it was the beginning of a reversal, we'd still be fine.

You'd just have to wear a lot more sunblock if you wanted to avoid cancer. :p

It depends on your definition of mass extinction. In geomagnetic reversals a particular regions climate could change relatively quickly killing all life in the area. It might not be a MASS extinction but extinction non the less.

It's not a "sign of the times." Those times will never come, much as you'd like them too.

If you had read the article, you would know that this happens all the time.

and maybe if you would read revelation in the bible then you would know those times are going to come. And just because it happens all the time doesn't mean it is not sigifigant in the world of science. Ok?

Because I'm sure you know a lot about the world of science right? Especially that evolution bit?

I've read revelation, my favorite part is Jesus coming down with a sword coming out of his mouth. Ancient people sure thought up wacky stuff.

I can name you two dozen anti-christs just off the top of my head. Technically, according to the bible, revelations was supposed to happen several hundred years after Christ's death. Emperor Constantine makes a good choice if you actually believe the story, people called him the anti-christ at the time.

It's not coming, ever. You just want it to come because it's FUN to believe it's coming.

Uh yeah they do.

Science isn't some mega-evil conspiracy designed to propagate global warming and evolution, the two biggest whining topics of faux-Christians.

Global warming and the magnetic field aren't related.

Go read a book.

thats a very interesting observation. could the magnetic shift be a cause of (or the sole cause of) global warming?

there is a difference between "Pole Shift" and "Geomagnetic Reversal." Pole Shift is with the axis of the Earth (axial reorientation) whereas a Geomagnetic Reversal is when we get turned "upside down."

neither are caused by global warming and are actually naturally occurring geo phenomena that span millennia apart and can take several thousand years to finish.

in fact, global warming can theoretically be an effect of such phenomena, meaning it's unavoidable and not human caused.

We've never lived threw one (on record) so to define them isn't really possible. All we know is that geomagnetic reversals came is short frequent intervals than there was an abrupt change and the intervals became much longer and mass extinctions also occur relatively soon after.

Yes there is a difference between "Pole Shift" and "Geomagnetic Reversal" but both can be mistaken for global warming and both we are due for. So my question is this: If global warming is happening, that is a major problem but one which we have a solution. What if one of these is happening what CAN be done about it?

i think we should invest more on science, medicine, and technology and start de-emphasizing competition traits in our culture and education for the long term.

specifically, i think it's a good idea to investigate harnessing more of the ocean's energy and submarine habitation. i know it sounds sci-fi but the only thing consistent throughout all known major planetary calamities, extraterrestrial (asteroids) or otherwise (volcanic/ice), is that the world oceans are constant.

for immediate action, as in policies and practice, we should heavily emphasize protecting the oceans and the creatures that dwell in them from pollution by human (business or government) or organic (coral reef invasive organisms) sources worldwide. this also includes terrestrial factors in ocean welfare such as forest care and biodegradable plastic consumption.

yes, we should stop all pollution whether it be air, water, or mental. but, i do believe that it will need to be a coordinated effort between science and government and not economic or religious enterprises.

I completely agree! There needs to be a greater emphasis on expanding what the entirety of civilization knows and increasing the knowledge of each and every individual.

presssrecord is correct in the terminology geomagnetic reversal. However, he is incorrect about the link between global warming and geomagnetic reversal.

As the earth warms, water mass shifts from the poles to the equator. That slows down the Earth's crustal rotation. The core, however, still spins just as fast for a while. While this difference in rotation occurs it sets up turbulence in the molten iron core that is the source of our geodynamo. This causes a disruption in the dynamo until it can be restored. It has a 50 percent chance of restoring in either direction (north or south). While it is disrupted it can become weak or chaotic and little north and south poles can spring up all over the earth.

Over geologic time, geomagnetic reversals have occurred from roughly half of the large asteroid hits and other similar length-of-day changes that might not have identifiable causes.