Comments on: No, a pole shift won't cause global superstorms

By: Wixxi

Wixxi — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 21:05:09 +0000

@Kari Ukkonen

That’s incorrect. The actual Polar land or icemass does NOT move away from its original position when a magnetic pole moves. So the ice doesn’t migrate to a new spot where the sun has a more vertical angle on it making it melt faster. Thus magnetic field shifts or displacement is not linked to any sort of ocean changes.

However, as Axl stated the geographic poles are in fact moving, but the speed at which this happens is rediculously slow and will not be causing any serious issues in the nearby and even distant future.

My view on this is that a reversal of the magnetic field will inevitably occure “soon”. How soon is a hard question. Although i will admit that the increasing speed at which it currently moves does kind of worry me.

What consequences and or disasters this will bring along is an even bigger question mark. But expecting the worst can only lead to relief.

By: Phil

Phil — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 03:38:59 +0000

“Fading magnetic fields

So do we need to worry? Well, birds, sea turtles and bees may get confused as they seem to use the magnetic field to navigate. More drastically, since the Earth’s magnetic field protects us from potentially harmful radiation from the Sun, as it fades we could well be faced with a disaster on a global scale.” Physics.org

By: This Week in Conspiracy (26 March 2012) « Skeptical Humanities

This Week in Conspiracy (26 March 2012) « Skeptical Humanities — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 01:57:01 +0000

[...] Ack! Climate change caused by pole shift. Actually, I saw one item that screamed “The pole shift is happening NAOW!” This floated to the top a couple of times this week, but, of course, Phil Plait has already discussed pole reversal in a calm voice at some length. [...]

By: Watchdog

Watchdog — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:19:17 +0000

Yawn… Anyone remember the Y2K panic.. yep Cats and dogs living together.. you get the picture. What happened? Er nothing really. Everyone woke up on January 1st, some of us with a big hangover and we went to work the next day.. Yawn.

Now everone is running around citing a culture calenadar whos end is 2010 based on an intrepretation.. note an interpretation of a suvivalist… Grow up people.

We will wake up on 12/12/2012 again and wonder if we have done enough Christmas shopping or will the tree last longer this year or better yet, not tip over like last year.

Jan 1st 2013, some of us will wake up with a hangover; again, and we’ll go to work the next day.

People, if there is going to be a natural catastrophe of this magnitude, a twelve foot hole in the ground is not sufficient to protect you we will all die..

I really like the comment one poster said, “it is all about someones fear and someone to capitalize on that fear in order to make money.”

Eat, drink, be merry and enjoy life; you only have one life to live. And for those people who believe in reincarnation, one like to live that you can remember..
See ya in 2013…with a hangover..

By: Binka

Binka — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 22:20:02 +0000

I have read so many articles now about doomsday and the 21st of December 2012 and honestly I am so confused by it all….some claim you will be safe as long as you stock up on food and water…others tell you to buy property in Africa because it is the most stable continent. Again others say to become a hermit and live in the mountains away from all reactors and at least 3000feet above sea level….
This all smells like money pit and drive people into spending their money….
I would love to read somewhere a clear message of what we can expect in December 2012…none of this confusing stuff and scientific terms which nobody can understand…put it in easy words….yes most of the population is going to be up sh*t creek or….no we are all going to be bumped around a bit but will be fine….
By the way I do appreciate the article and the clearing up of a lot of false statements….
So any ideas whats going to happen to the human race in Dec. 2012?

By: Magnet Research Projects |

Magnet Research Projects | — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:57:02 +0000

[...] What would happen if the Earth’s Magnetic Field “Turned Off”?? [...]

By: Orange

Orange — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 01:07:50 +0000

Everything will be fine. Why do I get a feeling that people /want/ an end of the world? Is that our post modern condition, to be apocalyptic masochists? Hmm. It is darkly romantic.

By: Axl

Axl — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 17:11:44 +0000

? If the magnetic poles are changing, there is no problem for the sea. If the geographic poles changes, than changes the oceans but this movement is sow slow.

By: Kari Ukkonen

Kari Ukkonen — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 14:52:52 +0000

Just adding to my previous comment. If there is a pole shift. There is no knowing where the warm ocean currents will flow, they obviously would not be flowing in their current paths if the pole shift was enough to move the north pole even into central Siberia on the mid Atlantic, Pacific or pretty well any substantially different location, this would definitely alter our weather patterns significantly all around the world. None of us were here during the last shift so we really don’t know how fast the poles can melt or how fast the final shift actually happens after it has begun, with magnetic fields there is a point of balance and once that balance is breached, the changes in movement are quite unpredictable.

By: Kari Ukkonen

Kari Ukkonen — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 14:39:10 +0000

A s the north pole has been shifting the north has been warming up since the sun is higher in the sky, causing the ice to melt. As the ice melts it cools the ocean currents and even a small change in the ocean temperatures can cause the southern climates to cool, especially in the winter, giving us snow where it usually does not snow and can be changes in weather patterns and seasonal changes. So the way I see it, there is an indirect relationship with weather changes and polar shift. The global warming is a natural occurrence that goes together with polar shifts. Global warming does not mean that the whole planet warms up, some areas will cool as a result of cooling ocean currents and some will warm up, but the average temperature of the planer warms and this is why it called global warming. If there is a shift which takes place and earth realigns itself according to planetary alignment, the poles will melt and new icecaps will be formed over the new pole areas, since the poles allways have seasonall darkness and cold.