Precipitous Drop in Earth’s Magnetic Field Developing
“These solar particles can have profound effects,” said Dr Paul Murdin, of the Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge. “On Mars, when its magnetic field failed permanently billions of years ago, it led to its atmosphere being boiled off. On Earth, it will heat up the upper atmosphere and send ripples round the world with enormous, unpredictable effects on the climate.”
The developing drop in the Earth’s magnetic field is definitely not a new thing. These historical drops have occurred since the 1830s, with its intensity’s historical measurements showing us that this intensity has decreased as much as ten percent, proven by Gauss’s invention of the magnetometer. But the measurements lately are showing us that the Earth’s magnetic field is not decreasing in a normal manner, but in a dramatic way.
According to a November 2003 NOVA article, “Magnetic Storm”, a storm deep within Earth is weakening the magnetic field. Even almost five years ago the scientists know something was going wrong, with Jeremy Bloxham of Harvard University saying, “The question is not if that’s going to happen [regarding Earth losing the magnetic field], it’s when that’s going to happen.” The core of the Earth seems to have generated a dramatic change over the past years, with the core’s ability faltering. Many reversals are occurring every 250,000 years with none occurring for approximately a million years or so—obviously we are due, according to many scientists.
With so many scientists agreeing on the declining of the Earth’s magnetic field, few can agree on what it means or its interpretations. Yet now all heads are up as it is disappearing at an alarming rate at the poles or near the poles, which is an excellent sign the flip is close to happening. Discovered by an individual by the name of Gauthier Hulot of France’s Paris Geophysical Institute, this clear sign of the soon-to-be “magnetic field’s flip-flop” has been plotted for the past 20 years by satellite measurements of field variations.
The plotting of molten iron generated Earth’s magnetism deep underground and spotted huge whorls that are near both poles, with Hulot theorizing that the vortices rotate in a way which reinforces a “reverse magnetic field”. Once they begin to grow at a rapid rate, the eddies weaken the dominant field which is the very first step toward the new polarity. Scientific Americana has reported Hulot’s interpretation is now backed by computer simulation studies. And because we do not know how long this reversal will last, it remains a matter of scientific controversy.
The records we have that are embedded in ancient lava beds of iron minerals show it could last for thousands of years on down to a few weeks. What happens during this process is another controversy, as the poles will be reversed so it is assumed the compasses will not work, low-orbiting satellites will not work as they will be exposed to a damaging battering of electromagnets, the fates of the animals who migrate will be in question, intense solar radiation bursts will cause particle storms to batter the atmosphere of Earth—all with solar particles affecting not only Earth but its inhabitants profoundly.
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