Comments on: Did Earth's Magnetic Field Have a Fast Flip-Flop?

By: david germain

david germain — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 08:48:41 +0000

Does the media (rock/lava) in which this reversal was measured effect the results. As the rock is undergoing some serious stress at the time, both thermally and mechanically.
Maybe we don’t know enough about what happens inside lava when it moves and solidifies to really understand the properties shown in these studies.
for instances can anyone link a study that has looked at lava that we know has had a steady magnetic field applied say in Yellowstone or Hawaii?

By: katesisco

katesisco — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 23:56:33 +0000

well, this idea about a fast flip; Jan 2012 the sun’s northern hemisphere went off all together. About this time the N magnetic pole took a giant step forward. Related?
I wish somebody would do up magnetism, gravity and electricity. And why is that so hard? Since Maxwell we have got zip. So is Miles Mathis right? He says our system is unbalanced compared to outside our solar system. We have committed some energy conversion that leaves us with more matter than anti matter. Just maybe the problem is our system is a gas powered car and we think it is an electric car?

By: Iain

Iain — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 06:02:29 +0000

The flip may not mean much to us but what about the creatures that navigate using the planets magnetic field?

By: dontbotheryou

dontbotheryou — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 16:41:01 +0000

It is very interesting… Rapid polar shift will switch north to south and east to west…. Then, Sun will rise from west and sink in east. Are there any observance in known history of humanity? I only read about end time prophecies of some ancient societies…

By: Messier Tidy Upper

Messier Tidy Upper — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:27:07 +0000

So … Shock! Horror!.. That Core movie got it wrong?

@2. Confy Says:

Not so. They had sextants and Polaris.

Well the northern hemisphere one’s have Polaris, those in the southern hemisphere (like me) have to make do with faint little Sigma Octantis – although we can still use the Southern Cross, Canopus, Achernar etc .. as navigational markers.

PS. Of course this changes over time with precession (the top-like “wobbling” of the Earth’s axial tilt) meaning the “pole stars” in both hemispheres gradually change over tens of thousands of years. Canopus – the second brightest star in the sky – will one day be the south pole star while the north gets to see Vega replace Polaris at some point too.

By: Sean Marshall

Sean Marshall — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:37:56 +0000

I imagine that a flip would probably be a huge deal. Causing even what we might consider to be be minor changes in the oceans currents and the weather patterns on paper, could vastly change the world we live in. We always seem to underestimate how big this laboratory is that we live in and how many systems are involved and affected (all of them). If and when it happens I’m sure it’ll be a surprise and a fun ride.

By: Angel Bomb

Angel Bomb — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:05:51 +0000

Hmmm, what would Sarah Palin say…

By: Lucky

Lucky — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 08:32:16 +0000

This picture looks like a Spider

By: Chicken Little

Chicken Little — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 04:10:56 +0000

Oh my God!!! The polarity flips and has many times!!! It’s the end of the, the, the…

By: Duff Smith

Duff Smith — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 02:24:11 +0000

A magnetic pole flip isn’t a big deal? What would it do to our satellites and our power grid? Isn’t it possible that these findings reflect sudden damage to a collapsing magnetic field due to strong solar maximums like the one we will be experiencing in the next few years?