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Geomagnetic reversal
A geomagnetic reversal is a change in the Earth's magnetic field such that the positions of magnetic north and magnetic south are interchanged.
This happens about every million yeas the last one 780,000 years ago. Since there is not set schedule this could occur any time.
What consequences could we expect .... How would you prepare ....
Random Chance 30+
Imagine, Republicans voting for liberal issues that include inclusiveness of others,
truly helping the poor, minorities, people of color, and stop killing by invading other countries.
Also, maybe the insane Moral Majority in the states will become sane or even die out
as another feces that becomes extinct.
Can't wait.
Robert Winner 50+
PS. All of these issues should have been resolved when the Democrats held a super majority in both houses .... since it wasn't even addressed I guess it wasn't that important nor was the economy.
Just sayin .....
Bob.
Roy Bourque 20+
Here is a link that talks about magnetic field reversals
http://www.geomag.bgs.ac.uk/education/reversals.html
According to other sites that I have found, the poles will likely shift when the field is at its weakest, and although the field is currently weakening, it is still a long ways off to where a shift is eminent. According to the site I provided, it says that studies have shown no link between pole shifts and species extinction. Two conclusions is that it won't happen in your lifetime, and when it does, not much to worry about it anyway.
Also look at Wikepedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geomagnetic_reversal
There is no specific interval where the poles reverse. The fact that we are overdue according to averages means nothing as to how close we are today.
There is a book "Pole Shift" by John White. It mirrors the movie "2012" in its assessment of what happens in a pole shift. The copy I have is a later edition with a 10 year update. It provides further information by the author that refutes the whole concept of a pole shift happening anytime soon, or that it will produce any affects as was previously thought. Hollywood loves to jump on ideas like this, but that's Hollywood. They've destroyed much of the earth since I was a kid, but I'm still here out of harms way.
The only preparing I will do is to ignore any further media hype on the subject.
Ken brown 30+
peter lindsay 30+
Robert Winner 50+
Is there any validity to those assumptions.
Thanks for the reply. Bob.
peter lindsay 30+
Zman Kietilipooskie
John Smith 30+
We're behind schedule and the Earth's magnetic field has been weakening for centuries so a reversal is probably taking place right now.
"What consequences could we expect .... How would you prepare ...."
A few centuries of the Earth's magnetic field weakening up to a certain minimum, followed by a rather sudden polarity flip and a few centuries of the field growing stronger again. The weakened magnetic field will mean more cosmic radiation will make it to the surface, causing an increase in skin cancer prevalence, this is separate, but adds up to the increase in skin cancer prevalence caused by the weakened ozon layer. Oh and our great grand children would all have to buy new compasses.
Peter Law 30+
:-)
edward long 100+
Robert Winner 50+
I should have stuck to conversatins that would be more acceptiable and agreeable like sex, politics, and religion ...... no disagreements there .... LOL
Be well my friend. Bob.
edward long 100+
Robert Winner 50+
I am so depressed I had two egg nogs sans booze and may have a soda tomarrow.
Do I need a designated driver ... I have never been on a drinking spree before?
Gail . 50+
I sometimes blame it on the rampant insanity that has taken over the world. (Not that there is truth to this)
Random Chance 30+
Or Chinese balls, where there are balls inside of balls.
The crust floats and rests on the upper mantel, which in turn floats and moves over the mantle and inside that, those three float and move over the outer core which turns over the inner core of the earth.
It's almost mechanical like.
In this way, the earth is designed (why not?) to begin setting its own temperature settings (or pole settings), every so many years or even millennium, or whatever period of time, the thermostat (so-to-speak), has been set to.
With the changing of the poles, there is always a moment when the viewable begins in earnest and causes extreme storms, volcanic action, earthquakes and so on. The ice caps will melt and places like the Arizona desert, which were once the bottom of the ocean, may become that once more.
There is certainly a tremendous amount of life in suspended form in the desert grounds, ready to begin life again.
The same is true in the ice caps, where many different kinds of bacteria (for life) are found, stored in frozen suspension. They will create new life once they are released from their suspension.
The same is true in volcanic vents, in deep underground caves and also in underground slime that is presently highly toxic.
Greenland will yield a tremendous amount of resources to support life, once ice-free, as will Antarctica, which has a large land mass, and over 200 mountain ranges, some higher than 16,000 feet.
Some land masses may be moved back together too, forming larger places for life to bloom.
The Russian Federation will also yield tremendous amounts of resources to support life but many forms and species, including humans, may not all survive this change, but life, and we are part of life, will, and will grow again.
Just a thought.
Barry Palmer 50+
I read an article about one scientist researching this area, who says that a reversal might be coming very soon, within a few decades, and that it could be very sudden and abrupt. (Sorry, I could find no reference.) I know almost nothing about this, but it seems to me that an abrupt reversal could have some very bad effects, especially for animals that use the magnetic field for navigation. A lot of boy scouts are likely to get lost too. I would think that the biggest danger would be if the magnetic field weakened to the point where radiation came straight into the surface of the earth, as opposed to bending toward the poles. That could cause problems for all life forms.
george lockwood 20+
Obviously No one will be allowed to do much planning
Besides there are millions of people who don't even believe the world is like a sphere.