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President Elect, The Mechanic
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Are Our Poles Shifting?
Mar 19th, 2018 at 7:42pm
 
I've been hearing a lot of whispers about it...

and if so..

what are the effects...

Earth Quakes?

Iceage?

Disruption of our waterways.. Floods... bays and river systems emptying...

Volcano's blowing off...

Earth Rotation slowing... ?  Undecided
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Reply #1 - Mar 19th, 2018 at 7:50pm
 


You want to hope it does not stop the generation of the magnetic field or we will all fry.

Meanwhile I feel on top of the world
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Reply #2 - Mar 19th, 2018 at 8:03pm
 
The magnetic poles do shift -

they have done so throughout history.
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Reply #3 - Mar 19th, 2018 at 8:14pm
 


Pre history actually
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Reply #4 - Mar 19th, 2018 at 9:11pm
 
miketrees wrote on Mar 19th, 2018 at 8:14pm:
Pre history actually


We have measured them move in recorded history.

Magnetic north shifting by 40 miles a year, might signal pole reversal

https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/climate-weather/stories/magnetic-north-shiftin...
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Reply #5 - Mar 19th, 2018 at 9:13pm
 


Oh yes one thousand apologies, I got that wrong,,, in my mind I was thinking of reversal.
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Reply #6 - Mar 20th, 2018 at 11:58am
 
Super Nova wrote on Mar 19th, 2018 at 9:11pm:
miketrees wrote on Mar 19th, 2018 at 8:14pm:
Pre history actually


We have measured them move in recorded history.

Magnetic north shifting by 40 miles a year, might signal pole reversal

https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/climate-weather/stories/magnetic-north-shiftin...


interesting... but that was in 2011... I wonder whats happening now..  Undecided

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Magnetic north shifting by 40 miles a year, might signal pole reversal
The magnetic pole is moving faster than at any time in human history, causing major problems for navigation and migratory wildlife.


BRYAN NELSON
March 7, 2011, 3:35 a.m.

POLE POSITION: Magnetic north is moving so fast that it is hampering navigation.

The magnetic north pole is currently shifting at a faster rate than at any time in human history — almost 40 miles a year — and some experts believe that it may be the beginning of a complete pole reversal, according to the Independent.

The changes are beginning to cause major problems for aviation, navigation and migratory animals that use the Earth's magnetic field to orient themselves. Some airports have had to change the names of their runways to better correspond to their current direction relative to magnetic north.

Ever since the magnetic north pole was first discovered in 1831, geologists have been tracking its progress. Unlike true north (which is marked by the Earth's axis), magnetic north is constantly on the move due to changes in the planet's molten core, which contains iron.

Throughout most of recorded history, the pole has been positioned at or around Canada's icy Ellesmere Island, but if it keeps moving at its current rate, it won't be long before it sits above Russia instead.

The thing that really makes the pole's current movement so unusual, however, is the speed that it is shifting. In the last decade alone, movement has increased by a third, throwing off compasses by roughly 1 degree every five years.

Changes that fast have already caused major headaches for the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration. Tampa International Airport in Florida has just spent a month renaming all of its runways, which are named after the degree at which they point on a compass.

Similar changes were recently made to runways at Fort Lauderdale and Palm Beach, and across the country runways now need to be renamed at least once every five years.

The shifting pole may also become a grave concern for migratory wildlife, such as birds, turtles and other sea creatures that use Earth's magnetic field to navigate over great distances. It's unclear if these animals are capable of recalibrating their navigational instincts to compensate for the changes.

The rapid shifting of the pole's position has prompted some experts to speculate that the Earth's entire magnetic field may be preparing to "flip," whereby all compasses invert and point south instead of north.

It may sound radical, but in geological time, pole reversals are relatively common. Though they typically occur once every 400,000 years or so, it's been 780,000 years since the last flip.

Scientists disagree on how a pole reversal would effect ecosystems around the world, but some alarmists warn of a planet-altering catastrophe, whereby earthquakes and monumental tsunamis threaten the Earth for decades.

Though such radical doomsday prophecies cannot be completely ruled out, the vast majority of scientists are tempered by calmer predictions, says NASA.

"Reversals typically take about 10,000 years to happen," said Jeffrey Love of the U.S. Geological Survey. "And 10,000 years ago civilisation did not exist. These processes are slow, and therefore we don't have anything to worry about."

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