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If Earth’s magnetic field reversed, compasses would point toward Antarctica.
CREDIT: Francesco81 | Shutterstock

The end of the world as we know it could come in any number of ways, depending on who you ask. Some people believe global cataclysm will occur when Earth’s magnetic poles reverse. When north goes south, they say, the continents will lurch in one direction or the other, triggering massive earthquakes, rapid climate change and species extinctions.

The geologic record shows that hundreds of pole reversals have occurred throughout Earth’s history; they happen when patches of iron atoms in Earth’s liquid outer core become reverse-aligned, like tiny magnets oriented in the opposite direction from those around them. When the reversed patches grow to the point that they dominate the rest of the core, Earth’s overall magnetic field flips. The last reversal happened 780,000 years ago during the Stone Age, and indeed there’s evidence to suggest the planet may be in the early stages of a pole reversal right now.

But should we really fear this event? What will actually happen when north-pointing compasses make a 180-degree turn toward Antarctica? Will the continents tear themselves apart, or are we in store for much more mundane changes?

 

“The most dramatic changes that occur when the poles reverse is a very large decrease of the total field intensity,” said Jean-Pierre Valet, who conducts research on geomagnetic reversals at the Institute of Earth Physics of Paris. [5 Ways the World Will Change Dramatically this Century]

Earth’s magnetic field takes between 1,000 and 10,000 years to reverse, and in the process, it greatly diminishes before it re-aligns. “It’s not a sudden flip, but a slow process, during which the field strength becomes weak, very probably the field becomes more complex and might show more than two poles for a while, and then builds up in strength and [aligns] in the opposite direction,” said Monika Korte, the scientific director of the Niemegk Geomagnetic Observatory at GFZ Potsdam in Germany.

 

Supercomputer models of Earth’s magnetic field. On the left is a normal dipolar magnetic field. On the right is the sort of complicated magnetic field Earth has leading up to a reversal.
CREDIT: NASA

 

The scientists say it’s the weak in-between phase that would be roughest on Earthlings.

According to John Tarduno, professor of geophysics at the University of Rochester, a strong magnetic field helps protect Earth from blasts of radiation from the sun. “Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) occasionally occur on the Sun, and sometimes hurtle directly toward Earth,” Tarduno said. “Some of the particles associated with CMEs can be blocked by Earth’s magnetic field. With a weak field, this shielding is less efficient.”

The charged particles bombarding Earth’s atmosphere during solar storms would punch holes in Earth’s atmosphere, and this could hurt humans. “Ozone holes, like that over Antarctica (which today are due to an entirely different cause related to man) could form as solar particles interact with the atmosphere in a cascade of chemical reactions. These ‘holes’ would not be permanent, but might be present on one- to 10-year timescales — arguably important enough to be a concern in terms of skin cancer rates,” Tarduno said. [Will Sunscreen Protect You from the Upcoming Solar Flares?]

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    • Anonymous

      The geologic record shows that hundreds of pole reversals have occurred throughout Earth’s history

      Really…I’d like to see that evidence.

    • Zenbuoy

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    • @USArmy_vet

      The poles WILL switch – That is a ‘given’. To that end, I have bought 72 Reverse Magnets and a ‘Super-Sized’ Gold-color plated expensive analog-style, jewel-encrusted color, adjustable plastic, leather-design, adjustable band (if band-punch is ordered – just pay additional shipping & processing & handlling & restocking fees) wrist watch – than can be worn as an attractive PENDANT! (if plastic, leather-design, adjustable band is removed by knife (knife not included).

      So far, I have received my watch – It doesn’t seem to have any time-adjustment controls. When I called the company they told me to simply ‘Watch’. They said that covered them legally.

      Watch for future developments.

    • @USArmy_vet

      In total correlation with ‘the poles due to switch and they definitely will do so’ bulletin – I am now able to provide scientific proof that all, ALL objects in the universe – are TRYING TO GET TO THE CENTER OF OUR PLANET!! It seems that heavy elements are vying with rocks for ‘first-in-line-status’ with feathers and dust motes biding their time – This realization is simply MAGNETIC! and should be monitored closely – but not too closely! Don’t get ahead of the rocks in the race to the center of the earth – - It could be a GRAVE-ity mistake!

      Watch here for future ‘attractive’ elements

    • @USArmy_vet

      Aside from ALL CARS suddenly going in reverse on the Interstates (due largely to their cigarette lighters suddenly working when they are pulled out, rather than pushed in) – There is little to be concerned with by the impending ‘Poles Switching’ – In about 84 years we will get used to Santa Claus delivering his IPODS and lumps of COAL from the SOUTH POLE.

    • Anonymous

      this is the HAB theory people

    • Anonymous

      While I appreciate that the author was trying to present something informative, I think he muddied the waters instead. He doesn’t give any sources for his “information”. I’ve read that the last pole shift was 14,000 years ago also, 10,000, 150,000 and lots of other figures but no one really seems to know for sure. Also, saying that it will happen gradually simply isn’t true. We have no way of knowing but there are remains of wooly mammoths etc. at the north pole that have been found flash-frozen with food still in their stomachs, indicating that they died very suddenly many thousands of years ago. There are also MANY other contributing factors to the present earth changes i.e. holes in our magnetic field in spacem, the sun going thru changes, and the entire solar system heating up and alot more. I think the author didn’t do much research, this looks like an article that was written to fill up space on the website. (I’m an editor and writer myself so I know what that looks like!)

    • @USArmy_vet

      All of the new ‘Curly’ light bulbs twist from the bottom ‘counter-clock-wise upward. This is not an accident! #Obama’s #TruthTeams & #AttackWatch & #DHS & #TSA & #FEMA & #PETA & #PaulaDeen have ALL been inclusive in the design. Aside from creating a potential fire disaster source (in case of ‘burn-outs’ if a failure occurs while electricity is in ‘run’ mode ((SWITCH)) ), the current counter-clock-wise current path is integral to countering the possibility of ‘pole switches’ – Or so it seems to those so positioned to supposing it to be so

    • Anonymous

      Ozone hole in Antarctic due to man? No one lives there. Maybe holes due to volcanic eruptions…… Magnetic reversals only happen when liberals think too hard. They should stop thinking….

    • whitebear

      Geographic north follows magnetic north.
      An old map still survives depicting an accurate shoreline of a mass of land we call Antarctica.
      “The Piri Reis Map found in Istanbul in 1929, part of a world map said to have been copied from a Greek original in the Library of Alexandria. Among other features, the Piri Reis map shows detailed features of Antarctica evidently drawn several thousand years before Antarctica was “discovered,” as well as the true shape of Antarctica without the covering ice.
      gotta love it

    • Anonymous

      780,000 years. Where do they get this stuff? The reversals are one of the most reliable periodicities known in the geologic record. And they occur approximately every 12,000 years. Events associated with these reversals range from little apparent effect to mass extinctions. So how will the next one manifest itself? No way of knowing.

    • Ozzie_Thinker

      Hmmm an intuitive comment has confused the truth. It is rather pointless to talk about the poles in terms of “uniformity” as this planet is in distress. As a result of an intergalactic war c.13,000 years half an ice moon (Fatta – according to the Vedic texts) landed on the temperate region called Atlantis “snap freezing” the land and now [partially] called the “North Pole”. The event knocked the Earth off its axis and severely affected its structure. Therefore the North Pole is a defacto synthetic pole and the original pole is “theorised” as being “somewhere in Europe”. What can be said is currently the ice pack of one pole is shrinking and the other is expanding which poses the rather obvious question: Is there going to be a switch in hemisphere weather cycles?

    • Apolitical Blues

      In the book, “Magnetic Reversals and Evolutionary Leaps-The True Origin of Species” the author presents a very well researched, documented and, convincing argument of when a true magnetic reversal happens, there is a complete degradation of the earths magnetic field. During this ‘dropping’ of the earths protective shield the earth is literally scorched. Without the protection of the magnetic field the planet is bombarded with gamma rays, x-rays and cosmic radiation. Whenever this happens life as we know it changes in leaps. What does manage to survive is mutated to the extent it is considered a new species. There is never a geologic record of a transition species or, a gradual mutation over a few thousand years. The changes are sudden, severe and global. An ash layer is found in the earths strata identifying each of these shifts in polarity; they coincide with extinction level events where new species suddenly appear. It’s a book worth reading.

    • Anonymous

      if i lseep i will wake up with my feet to the other side. NOthing will change.

    • Anonymous

      Will this also change my attitude?
      Think that’s help?
      I sure hope so.
      I’m gonna go on outside and keep my eyes open for this event so it won’t slip by me. Don’t want to miss it.
      Peace

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