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The erratic pole can jump around considerably each day, but migrates on average about 10 kilometers to 40 kilometers each year.
The magnetic pole, which has steadily drifted for decades, has picked up its pace in recent years and could exit Canadian territory as soon as 2004, said Larry Newitt of the Geological Survey of Canada.
This seems not to have had much effect in the past, so we probably don't really know what is going on during these field reversals.
Already, geophysicists have begun to notice a decline in the strength of the Earth's magnetic field, suggesting that the next field reversal epoch may be about to start. It may, however, take a long time to get here, and we don't really know if the decline is just a natural, ripple, or the portend of something far more sinister.
Originally posted by Soul Reaper
I thought latest studies showed that the current pole flip started in the
sixties??
Originally posted by Quest
Originally posted by Soul Reaper
I thought latest studies showed that the current pole flip started in the
sixties??
If a project takes 1000-5000 years to complete...and we are 45 years in...thats the begining.
Technically its a cycle...it never begins or ends...it only peaks after a lot of fluxuation.