Re:Earth’s magnetic pole is on the move, fast
by basicplus2 on Saturday January 12, 2019 @11:05PM
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This is normal..
"There have been 183 reversals over the last 83 million years. The latest, the Brunhes–Matuyama reversal, occurred 780,000 years ago, and may have happened very quickly, within a human lifetime."
Re:Earth’s magnetic pole is on the move, fast
by questioneer237 on Saturday January 12, 2019 @10:40PM
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I think it’s interesting that the speed-up coincides with the proliferation of personal computers and the internet. Imagine all the magnetic moments generated by every electronic device on the planet. I wonder where the magnetic poles will end up?
Re:Earth’s magnetic pole is on the move, fast
by xupybd on Saturday January 12, 2019 @10:51PM
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I don't know enough to have an informed opinion but I'd have thought all the electronics on earth would still be an order of magnitude to small to have an impact on something as massive as the earths rotating core.
"There have been 183 reversals over the last 83 million years. The latest, the Brunhes–Matuyama reversal, occurred 780,000 years ago, and may have happened very quickly, within a human lifetime."
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geomagnetic_reversal