Earth’s magnetic poles most likely will not flip inside our lifetime
G.GLATZMAIER, LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY/P.ROBERTS, UCLA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY
We seem like protected from a catastrophic reversal of the north and south magnetic poles, in accordance with proof displaying that the final swap took so much longer, and was so much messier, than scientists thought. The magnetic area shields Earth from the solar’s dangerous radiation and cosmic rays, so a sudden polarity reversal might have an effect on our energy and communications methods, in addition to our well being.
However a brand new evaluation of lava flows, ocean sediment and Antarctic ice cores discovered that …