Posted on 03/08/2018 10:41:30 AM PST by SunkenCiv
New research shows the most significant weakening is happening under Africa which has been dubbed the 'South Atlantic Anomaly' (SAA).
As well as giving us our north and south poles, the magnetic field blankets the Earth, protecting it from solar winds and cosmic radiation.
The forcefield has weakened significantly over the past 160 years and scientists now suggest it could be in the process of flipping.
Such a change would be a switch in magnetic polarity and would see compasses point south rather than north.
Scientists believe such an occurrence has actually happened several times in the history of our planet, transpiring roughly every 200,000 to 300,000 years.
Approximately 40,000 years ago, the field is said to have attempted to switch before snapping back into place.
The SAA, which stretches all the way from Zimbabwe to Chile, is now of particular interest to scientists because it has weakened dramatically over the last 160 years...
A new study from the University of Rochester, published... data from sites in southern Africa and compiled a record of Earth's magnetic field strength over many centuries.
They used ancient African clay remnants dating back to the early and late Iron Ages to study past magnetic fields using "archaeomagnetism."
One of the lead researchers, John Tarduno, explained: "When you burn clay at very high temperatures, you actually stabilise the magnetic minerals, and when they cool from these very high temperatures, they lock in a record of the earth's magnetic field."
(Excerpt) Read more at express.co.uk ...
They’d have to pay in barter.
It is wrong to ASSUME a pole’s orientation!
Lol!
well looks like my state of Michigan is gonna get some Palm trees!! Dig it!!
I am so screwed.
Still proving nothing good ever comes out of Africa.
Nothing.
Thanks, U!
Super interesting!
Our entire culture has been goin' south for quite some time.
Somewhere a few years ago there was a gravity map showing that in certain places gravity was weakening AIR one of the places was in the South Atlantic.
So we’re all going to die, its just a question of when, not if ...
What does it have against the poles?
Lol. Yup.
Thanks for all the supporting links !
It is amazing that science claims to have found the ‘end’ of the universe, and knows exactly what material different stars are made of, and yet..... we don’t even understand the ground beneath our feet.
You mean like....
Where I live, it was almost 60 degrees on Monday.
Tuesday, it was a snowstorm driven by 3-40 mph winds, and yet it was SUNNY.
I think it is just the beginning. There seems to be a blackout on all the crop losses in Europe and Asia. Strange weather in South America too.
Imagine what would happen if the public ever figured out they were being deceived and would be abandoned at the drop of a hat.
BTW...
Rare Planetary Alignment Thursday: The Moon, Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn
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