Earth's magnetic field changing fast
source: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/06/080630-earth-core.html
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csmonut
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If we lose gravity...that means I won't weigh as much. Yes? :))
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csmonut
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Dennis_Brooks
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Hello Current,
I am sending a news release regarding Earth's magnetic field that you can use on your blog. Please consider using it. You can find images on my website.
Dennis
CRAM SCHOOL
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Dennis Brooks
Phone: 1-808-566-0654
Email: dennisbroo@gmail.comEarth’s Magnetic Field Is Produced By An External Dynamo System, Not An Internal Dynamo.
Researcher finds that Earth’s magnetic field is not produced by an internal dynamo. Nor is it produced by ocean current. The dynamo is outside the Planet! New findings by independent researcher, Dennis Brooks, show that Earth’s magnetic field and the planet itself are components of a complex dynamo system, which surrounds the planet. The planet and its magnetic field are part of the dynamo.
According to this new theory, no internal dynamo or ocean current helps in producing or maintaining the magnetic field because other planets with magnetic fields do not have ocean currents or iron cores.
Image by NASA
Each planet does not have a unique way of producing its magnetic field. The magnetic field of each planet is produced by a planetary dynamo system and its ring current.
For many years researchers thought that a similar dynamo system was within the planet and that this internal dynamo generated the magnetic field. However, we know now that it is too hot inside the planet to produce and maintain a magnetic field there.
The planetary dynamo system is composed of a magnetosphere, the planet, the magnetic field, radiation belts, ring current, and charged particles from the solar wind. The planet is the central component of the system and its rotation plays an important part in operating the dynamo and generating ring current. The magnetic field is generated by the system’s ring current, which is made up of charged particles. The magnetic field captures even more charged particles and brings them into the dynamo system as fuel. Everything works together.
Earth’s inner and outer core simply cannot provide the fuel a dynamo system needs. If earth’s dynamo had to depend on energy from the planet for fuel, the entire planet would have been completely consumed many years ago.
To learn more about Earth’s magnetic field, Visit
http://sites.google.com/site/earthsmagneticfield/###
- 2 years ago
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sensorburn
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Does this mean we'll finally get our flying cars or have the ability to levitate? :P
- 3 years ago
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sensorburn
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mysticreader
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Even if the magnetic field is changing it would actually bring things back into order, since everyone with a little knowledge in Physics knows that the Earth's South magnetic pole is found at the Noth Pole and viceversa doesn't it semm more natural that the North and South magnetic poles should each invert positions? I actually think we are passing from the absurd to the common.
Magnetic Poles have shifted numerous times in Earth's life, why should it stop now - 3 years ago
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mysticreader
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snedz
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only the spiritualy superior will be selected by the overseeing galactic empire to be saved. Good luck cos I know where Im going.
p.s
if your on FaceBook join this group for a laugh!
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6795057277 - 3 years ago
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snedz
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regularrf
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This is to take place in 2012 just like the calander says,
its happend many times earth will be in middle of galaxy
where giant black hole is and the pull will shift the surface
true north changes daily. Hang on it going to be crazy and we can't do anything about it. The people that need to know already know only a higher power can help or maybe someone from space (ufo's)thats why the're
here . RF - 3 years ago
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TouchArt
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Oren Lyons (Onondaga)
Oren Lyons was born in 1930 and raised in the traditional lifeways of the Haudenosaunee on the Seneca and Onondaga reservations in northern New York State. After serving in the army, Lyons graduated in 1958 from the Syracuse University College of Fine Arts. He then pursued a career in commercial art in New York City. A noted American Indian artist, he has exhibited his paintings widely.Since returning to western New York in 1970 and joining the faculty of SUNY Buffalo, Chief Lyons has been a leading advocate for American Indian causes. Faithkeeper of the Turtle Clan of the Onondaga Nation, and a member of the Council of Chiefs of the Haudenosaunee, he is respected internationally as an eloquent spokesperson. In 1982, he helped to establish the Working Group on Indigenous Populations within the United Nations and has taken part in meetings of the U.N. Human Rights Commission. He also serves on the executive committee of the Global Forum of Spiritual and Parliamentary Leaders on Human Survival, and is a principal figure in the Traditional Circle of Indian Elders, grassroots leadership council of the major Indian nations of North America.
Chief Lyons has authored or edited numerous books including Native People Address the United Nations (1994); Voice of Indigenous Peoples (1992); and Exiled in the Land of the Free: Democracy, Indian Nations, and the U.S. Constitution (1992).
Complete Video -
http://www.nmai.si.edu/iss/2008/me_webcast.html?siref=YouTube&video=Lyons - 3 years ago
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TouchArt
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We need to rebuild green.
Ideal if together we could come up with a simple plan for green housing that is energy self-sufficient and has water catchment and grey water systems for rebuilding in disaster areas including blighted urban and rural communities.
- 3 years ago
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TouchArt
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Over time, the more I've learned about 12/21/2012 Winter Solstice, doomsday or singularity, the more attention I have paid to this compelling theory, especially the Mayan calendar. If you start looking at all of the scientific studies & natural disasters around world individually, there seems to be quite a bit happening all at once. In addition to the rising frequency of these disasters, the intensity has also increased, adversely affecting more & more people on a daily basis at a greater overall expense. Now consider the bureaucracy, time & available resources necessary to handle all of the claims for needed assistance. Often times quick response is required for the health & care of people suddenly taken out of their environment & at the mercy of the elements. Providing food, water, shelter & medical care is the key to the well being of the victims in the immediate aftermath. Recovering, rebuilding & getting your crap together takes time & money.
We’ve suffered through 2 major floods (within 12 months of each other) in the last 3 years while I’ve been recovering from chronic Lyme disease. I’ve seen a drastic change in my area’s environment & quality of life with more & more regular people becoming victims & their lives changed dramatically, sometimes overnight & without warning, through various circumstances like health, the economy or our environment. I can assure you that the gov’t can barely be counted on for basic needs after paying into the system my whole life. Even with flood insurance we got screwed. We were basically told to get in line behind the claims of 4 Florida hurricanes & the Katrina victims before we’d be likely to get the assistance we so desperately needed at the time. Our country & the rest of the world are not in a position to adequately deal with these situations collectively. Citing just one recent catastrophe-more like a series of events-are the floods in the Midwest-beyond comprehension except for the people now mired in a nightmare.
We’re heading for a time where it’s more prudent for individuals to prepare for potential emergencies from nat’l disasters or whatever. Just a heightened sense of awareness will put you more on your toes for an unexpected occurrence or emergency, especially in this economy. We haven't been around long enough to know whether to push the panic button yet or not on climate change. But it’s undeniable that we’re heading in the wrong direction with energy or lifestyle choices we’ve made as the devastating effects are becoming more obvious. Thankfully, we’re amidst a global wake-up call letting everyone know that they can make all types of positive changes in their routines to address potential climate change issues. This is very empowering knowing that any contribution will help determine future conditions for mankind’s survival on Earth. The scientific & medical communities will ultimately hold the answers as to what may eventually happen to the Earth (which will be fine no matter what happens) & its inhabitants (who may not). It’s too simplistic to say it’s just the Earth being the Earth.
Paranoid & proud of it!
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macdontcare
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darkhorsejim:
Paranoia is no way to live life. The stars align and what happens? Who knows? Humans calculate and have calculated time. It has no place in nature! Our time here has been short and may be heading to an end. Only to lead to another beginning. That's how the universe works. Start-End! Life-Death! Enough info has not been gathered, we haven't been around long enough to gather it. Stars, black holes, nebulas! We are all part of it. Your physical matter will always be part of the system.
It should be mysterious! Keeps things interesting. Truthfully I don't want to know. When it comes, in what ever form, let it come. I relish it! - 3 years ago
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BentFranklin
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The toilet bowl thing is false. The direction of rotation of water going down a drain would only change if the direction of earth's rotation reversed.
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24French
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I'm feeling those magnetic fluctuations...so there are forces we can't control! Nature has to go all dominant on us.
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macdontcare
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SPF 5000! No worries here! Nothing can be done. Maybe we burn, maybe we don't. I'm one pale motha! So I burn either way. I sometimes call it bubble skin. Space junk could fall from the sky, birds and bees nav systems might be off, Bermuda Triangle could take over the seas. Who knows? Head far north or far south and take in natures show. This happened long before we were here and will continue to happen long after we are gone.
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TouchArt
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The pole shift was prophesied in American Indian prophecies.
The earth is a living organism. Like our bodies, the earth needs its oil and minerals to function. There are consequences to our actions. Each decision we make can be a choice to bring us back into right relation with the earth and all the beings with whom we share our home.
One Earth. Think About It/Act Like It.
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matlaroche
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the toilet bowl thing is true
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matlaroche
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i've heard about this! it happens every few million years and its overdue apparently. i don't think anything bad will happen. maybe your iphone might stop working for a few hours...
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matlaroche
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CampKohler
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Somewhere there is a guy sitting on a warehouse full of compasses that were mis-manufactured in that N and S were reversed. He is seeing a glimmer of an idea...
LOOK OUT, EBAY!!!!
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theblackwhitewarrior
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seriously......................as if global warming wasn't enough!
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aburninggiraffe
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We're all gonna die!!!!
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CarlosIsDown
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Um, is this going to be one of those things were babies will mutate? If so, can I have superpowers? If so, should I use them for good, or for awesome?
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How do we know that the earth hasn't always been this way? why should it stop on our account?
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Run_Rabbit
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The fluxuations of the magnetic field that we are currently seeing are much lower than what it has done in the past.
The 10% decline since a few decades ago doesn't mean reversal is imminent, however because the field is increasing and decreasing all the time, and contrary to popular belief, the magnetic field doesn't completely vanish.
Think about it, early human beings (homo erectus) survived many reversals, so for us to panic over it is unnecessary. They obviously didn't go extinct because of the shifts because we wouldn't be here if that was the case.
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celestialceiling
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The best way to prepare for 2012 is to prepare your mind by seeking consciousness, prepare your body by living healthy, and prepare your spirit by forgiving and letting go of fear.
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CTZNWES
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2012 pole shift?
Could this be the early signs?
Many different things lead to that year being the end.
I dont fully believe but i dont discredit the ancients, bible( armageddon ), and scientists, who all agree that a significant change will happen in the earth.Either way live it up until that day. Enjoy Life!!
Dont get all caught up in saving the world. Just Enjoy your time here instead of stressing on things you want to but cant change! ( G.W ) - 3 years ago
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CTZNWES
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huntre
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The depletion of oil may be playing a role here, too.
Just sayin'. - 3 years ago
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huntre
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BentFranklin
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Hey, DJMatt2, it actually IS a result of global warming. Melting of ice causes a net shift of mass from the poles to the equator. This slows down the rotation of the earth's crust ever so slightly. The liquid iron core's inertia keeps it moving at the original rate, but shear between the mantle and core rotating at different rates causes turbulence. This turbulence disrupts the geodynamo, resulting in a long period of low magnetic field strength overall and chaotic field patterns with mini north and south poles occurring all over the globe. Eventually the geodynamo reestablishes itself. There is a 50% chance that it will end up north and 50% south. In the meantime we can expect to lose our van Allen radiation belts. Aurorae might be a normal thing anywhere on the planet.
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necrotized
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BentFranklin:
Do you have any links or a location to the info to support this?
Interested in further reading.
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necrotized
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BentFranklin:
I guess it was only a matter of time until some junior hobby scientist declared this the 'fault' of global warming.
All the questions left open by this article only prove that we know only a little about how our planet works and what motivates change.
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BentFranklin:
The information I passed on here I originally read in Physics Today, but I can't find that citation right now, but I believe one of the authors was Bruce A. Buffett, University of Chicago, Department of the Geophysical Sciences.
The historical pole shifts correlate well with ancient comet impacts, i.e., about 50% of impacts seem to have caused pole shifts. Impacts affect rotation by combining their angular momentum with earth's, and also by causing large amounts of dust and aerosols in the atmosphere, cooling the planet and thus speeding up the crust's rotation relative to the core.
As for the 'junior hobby scientist' comment, willyb, that is typical of you naysayers - attack the person rather than provide any kind of technical argument. So gfy.
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BentFranklin
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shroomfairy
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This story is very interesting and confusing at the same time!
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DJMatt2
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Okay, two things...
(1) How does man and the whole Industrial Society get the blame for this, because any kind of scientific doom-and-gloom story that comes out HAS to find some way of blaming every one of mankind's advances of the past 150-plus years.
(2) You mean to tell me that the plot to the movie "The Core" isn't just some wild speculation but an actual possibility? If that's the case I'm not going to be waiting around for two space shuttle astronauts, three bickering scientists, and the world's ugliest cybernerd to save the day!
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huntre
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In that moment of reversal, we lose all gravity and...and...um...
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huntre
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OZsome
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Wait Im sorry but what am I looking at?
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CicatrizJCP
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I wonder if my iPod will still work. If so, bring on the storm!
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Julie_Soller
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Time to break out my magnetic antigravity boots! Boo-ya!
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arcticspirit
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pressrecord, love that graphic. I read the entire article and I am wondering if the warming of the poles is a result of the change or what? It's very interesting.
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Saladin
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Uh oh, this is bad news bears. =(
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Audiogeek
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It's called the Pole Shift Hypothesis. It's hopefully nothing to worry about. "They" believe it will end in 2012....yes 2012, if you're a conspiracy nut, like me, you'll know what I'm talking about. The thing is that the North and South Poles have moved in the past and yet nothing has happened.
But a Pole Reversal could have catastrophic effects on the Earth's environment. Global warmer? Natural Disasters? Are they connected?
"I'm a little verklempt! Talk amongst yourself."
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Audiogeek:
I heard that the earth slowly fluxuates the degree of tilt on its axis by a fraction of a degree, and that we might be right at the midpoint, or something like that, honestly can't remember the source..
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pirho338
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rwylie
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Also, pressrecord, I assume you're joking about the toilet bowl thing: that definetly would not happen.
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powerup
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it' time to prepare for the end.
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pressrecord
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i believe the naturally occurring Grand Magnetic Pole Switch started 150 years ago, when north and south reverses, and should be a thousand year transition.
eventually, toilet bowls will flush counter-clockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the south.
"A reversal could knock out power grids, hurt astronauts and satellites, widen atmospheric ozone holes, send polar auroras flashing to the equator and confuse birds, fish and migratory animals that rely on the steadiness of the magnetic field as a navigation aid. But experts said the repercussions would fall short of catastrophic, despite a few proclamations of doom and sketchy evidence of past links between field reversals and species extinctions."
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pressrecord:
I love the toilet bowl example because actually, the hemispheres/magnetic fields have nothing to do with it.
"The only things that affect which way the water empties down a drain is the shape of the container it’s draining from, the way the water was introduced into the container, irregular eddies, and any other objects which may affect currents in the bowl."
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Complete field reversals take around 5000 years to complete, so in short, we wouldn't be fine, being exposed to massive amounts of radiation. Also, we would probably experience multiple locations of aurorae (northern lights) around the world; not just at the poles!
The current south-north magnetic orientation of the Earth's northern and southern hemispheres respectively is changing, with large patches of oppositely magnetised regions appearing over many hundreds of years.
Aside from complete field reversals, which occur on average every 200 000 years, field 'excursions' occur around 10 times more frequently, where the field diminishes briefly, but does not reverse: It may be that we are in one of these excursions, although we are well overdue for a full reversal: it has been 700 000 years since the last one!
In any case, if the decrease in the strength of Earth's field continues at its present rate, the field will start to reverse in about 2000 years, so we're fine anyway: sorry to dissapoint Hollwood...
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pirho338
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rwylie:
thank you.
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rwylie:
thank you, you told me more than the article.
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rwylie:
yea, the article kind of sucked. i was excited when i saw the title. thanks for filling us in.
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stopnoise
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I always found this magnetic movement of Earth magic! If this planet slow down on its rotation, don't forget to say goodbye to the one next to you!
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stopnoise:
If the rotation slows down, we'll have longer days and longer nights, thus more time to get things done! :)
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St_Alia_10191
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If it's quick, we'll be okay. If it's more than a few days, hello roasting to death!
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cerealforeal
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St_Alia_10191:
It said the process takes thousands of years...
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Vierotchka
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St_Alia_10191:
Try reading both pages of the article - you will find the following paragraph:
"This radiation does not influence temperatures on Earth. The particles, however, do affect technical and radio equipment and can damage electronic equipment on satellites and airplanes, Olsen of the Danish space center said."
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Vierotchka
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huntre
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If the next magnetic "flip the switch" is about to occur, shouldn't we be building more space shuttles?
I'll pitch in a few bucks.
Kinda takes the sting out of all else. Don't it? - 3 years ago
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Vierotchka
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huntre:
What for? The article states that "This radiation does not influence temperatures on Earth. The particles, however, do affect technical and radio equipment and can damage electronic equipment on satellites and airplanes, Olsen of the Danish space center said.", which would gravely compromise the safety of the shuttle, I reckon. :)
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huntre:
Okay. We fly "blind" for a few thousand miles.
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CHARMOSH
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Some crazy stuff is about to go down!
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CHARMOSH:
each 100 000 years, the magnetic field returns itself.
(The magnetic North goes to the geographic south.)but the last change, it was 200 000 years ago.
So maybe it is time.
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vertecouverture
