Earth's magnetic field weakening 10 times faster

[Bob]

Earth's Magnetic Field Is Weakening 10 Times Faster Now (http://hsrd.yahoo.com/_ylt=A2KK_ee1kr1TaIQBpJ.bvZx4;_ylu=X3oDMTRqYWxqaTN tBGJwb3MDMQRjY29kZQN2aWRlb19zbl9wcmVkaWN0X2dhX21vZ GVsX0VSUl8xBGNwb3MDNARjdAMxBGcDZDAxMjRjY2UtNmNkMy0 zZTRiLTlhNGItYjU4ODMxNjVlZWZkBGludGwDdXMEcGtndAM0B HBvcwMxBHNlYwN0ZC1zdHJtBHNsawN0aXRsZQR0ZXN0AzMwOQ--/RV=1/RE=1406142390/RH=aHNyZC55YWhvby5jb20-/RO=2/RU=aHR0cDovL25ld3MueWFob28uY29tL2VhcnRocy1tYWduZXR pYy1maWVsZC13ZWFrZW5pbmctMTAtdGltZXMtZmFzdGVyLW5vd y0xMjEyNDczNDkuaHRtbA--/RS=%5EADA_SNEKydnYnq9ACjoClBDftO2yrE-)Earth's magnetic field, which protects the planet from huge blasts of deadly solar radiation, has been weakening over the past six months, according to data collected by a European Space Agency (ESA) satellite array called Swarm. The scientists who conducted the study are still unsure why the…

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[Cigar]

Oh Come-On ... who beleives in Scientist :laugh:

[Bob]

Oh Come-On ... who beleives in Scientist :laugh:

At least they are not claiming it is man's fault and that sea levels will rise and flood the USA.

[CreepyOldDude]

Earth's Magnetic Field Is Weakening 10 Times Faster Now (http://hsrd.yahoo.com/_ylt=A2KK_ee1kr1TaIQBpJ.bvZx4;_ylu=X3oDMTRqYWxqaTN tBGJwb3MDMQRjY29kZQN2aWRlb19zbl9wcmVkaWN0X2dhX21vZ GVsX0VSUl8xBGNwb3MDNARjdAMxBGcDZDAxMjRjY2UtNmNkMy0 zZTRiLTlhNGItYjU4ODMxNjVlZWZkBGludGwDdXMEcGtndAM0B HBvcwMxBHNlYwN0ZC1zdHJtBHNsawN0aXRsZQR0ZXN0AzMwOQ--/RV=1/RE=1406142390/RH=aHNyZC55YWhvby5jb20-/RO=2/RU=aHR0cDovL25ld3MueWFob28uY29tL2VhcnRocy1tYWduZXR pYy1maWVsZC13ZWFrZW5pbmctMTAtdGltZXMtZmFzdGVyLW5vd y0xMjEyNDczNDkuaHRtbA--/RS=^ADA_SNEKydnYnq9ACjoClBDftO2yrE-)

Earth's magnetic field, which protects the planet from huge blasts of deadly solar radiation, has been weakening over the past six months, according to data collected by a European Space Agency (ESA) satellite array called Swarm. The scientists who conducted the study are still unsure why the…

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I read about that earlier today. The poles could flip in as little as 200 years.

[lynn]

So how is this going to effect us in our daily lives?

[Bob]

So how is this going to effect us in our daily lives?

The seas will rise and Chicago will be underwater.

[Cigar]

The seas will rise and Chicago will be underwater.


Chicago isn't near any Seas :rollseyes:

[Dr. Who]

Santa Claus will start speaking Russian.

[Bob]

Chicago isn't near any Seas :rollseyes:

Seen the Great lakes?

[Bob]

Santa Claus will start speaking Russian.

Santa is fluent in Russian.

[Private Pickle]

So how is this going to effect us in our daily lives?

The compass,will point South instead of North...

[CreepyOldDude]

So how is this going to effect us in our daily lives?

For the most part, not at all. The weakening field might make for spotty cell reception. The flipped poles will be kind of weird, since any compass made before the flip will point south, instead of north.

[Don]

The compass,will point South instead of North...

"They" say its happened many times in the past. The last one was ~800,000 years ago.
http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/2012-poleReversal.html

If it happened now it would be a pain in the ass for awhile but it would make a lot of map makers rich.

Losing the magnetic "shield" would be a whole other matter. We sure wouldn't be worrying about global warming. Its going to happen sometime. Hopefully we will have been able to travel to other planets or figure out a way to make our own mag shield.

[Mr. Mensch]

This is really going to fuck up my GPS.