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Interesting things are happening at the poles. But I'd suggest finding a better source to find out about them than Ben Davidson's pseudoscience channel "suspicious observers".
originally posted by: annonentity
Here is an update from Suspicious observer, suffice to say that the latest magnetic pole position from "Mavstar" is that it is speeding up and is well past his forty five degree flip theory mark.
Yuan Li
3 months ago
I am the second author of the paper you talked about at 7:10. When this was brought to my attention, I was shocked. We scientists tend to ignore all the pseudoscience stuff, but maybe we should pay more attention in the future. We work so hard to educate the public, but these conspiracy pseudoscientists are undoing our work. Thank you, Professor Dave, for taking your time to debunk the conspiracy theories. And just in case there is any confusion, our paper is about clouds in the interstellar medium, and has nothing to do with any of the doomsday BS.
In the video above, professor Dave would agree with you, just read the title of the video if nothing else.
originally posted by: Compendium
Ben Davidson can lean towards being a dramatic fearmonger sometimes
Professor Dave in the above video wouldn't agree with you about that. There seem to be two possibilities at least:
He may be up to date on the known science
Since the last magnetic pole flip was 780,000 years ago and modern science wasn't there to observe it, I would say we will all have a better understanding of how it works the next time it happens, using modern instruments to record the event. We observe the aftermath of the pole flips in the past but I'm sure we will learn a lot more by measuring it while it's happening.
The poles do not "reverse" in the way he believes they do
I like your posts Andy, good information.
originally posted by: andy06shake
Yes, several forces and mechanisms can induce spin in objects, gravity, planetary formation, and tidal forces can induce spin and affect rotation.
Then there is the Coriolis effect, magnetic fields, solar wind and Earth's magnetosphere.
We know the Earth is rotating, but why? Why is it spinning?
Why is everything in the Solar System spinning? And why is it mostly all spinning in the same direction?
It can’t be a coincidence. Look down on the Earth from above, and you’d see that it’s turning in a counter-clockwise direction. Same with the Sun, Mars and most of the planets.
4.54 billion years ago, our Solar System formed within a cloud of hydrogen not unlike the Orion Nebula, or the Eagle Nebula, with its awesome pillars of creation.
Then, it took some kick, like from the shockwave from a nearby supernova, and this set a region of the cold gas falling inward through its mutual gravity. As it collapsed, the cloud began to spin.
But why?
It’s the conservation of angular momentum.
originally posted by: chr0naut
a reply to: annonentity
The Earth's magnetic field is caused by the rotational currents within the solid core of iron and nickel that forms the core of the Earth. For the magnetic poles to 'flip' would require enormous forces, of which there aren't any evident, to move the core of the Earth out of place with respect to the crust.
originally posted by: chr0naut
And they also seem to have happened slowly and without causing any disaster in the past:
Geomagnetic reversal
You are lucky , and yes it can look a bit patchy. But overall crop yeilds are down significantly ,
and you only have to look at the price paid in the shops to see that things are stressed.