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2020-05-22 Science & Technology

Earth's magnetic field is WEAKENING between Africa and South America, causing satellites and spacecraft to malfunction

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Posted by Skidmark 2020-05-22 01:39|| || Front Page|| [11126 views ] Top

#1 North magnetic pole is accelerating movement from Canada to Russia. Will poles flip? We’re ‘due.’

Posted by Glenmore 2020-05-22 09:25|| 2020-05-22 09:25|| Front Page Top

#2 Are the murder hornets causing this?

Posted by Matt 2020-05-22 09:28|| 2020-05-22 09:28|| Front Page Top

#3 It's got to be due to global warming. Greta was right we're screwed.

Posted by jpal 2020-05-22 09:51|| 2020-05-22 09:51|| Front Page Top

#4 This never happened during a Democratic administration, so it must be Trump's fault.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2020-05-22 10:48|| 2020-05-22 10:48|| Front Page Top

#5 When i was in Resolute canada in 1990 the north magnetic pole was 200 miles NW. things are picking up.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2020-05-22 11:55|| 2020-05-22 11:55|| Front Page Top

#6 If the poles are in the process of reversing it will happen over several thousand years, according to scientists, who say it's unlikely the field will disappear completely.

Unlikely. So they say.

Happens every 250K years, but last time was 750K years ago. So, we are rather more than overdue.

Posted by KBK 2020-05-22 17:53|| 2020-05-22 17:53|| Front Page Top

#7 Women and minorities hit worse...

So what would be the practical effect of this flip? no protection from solar radiation for x days? Earthquakes? We have to paint N on the S of our compasses?

And how are satellites malfunctioning because of it because that doesn't compute in my head.

Posted by rjschwarz 2020-05-22 18:38|| 2020-05-22 18:38|| Front Page Top

#8 ...actually the earth is 'lumpy' not a perfect sphere. As the mass of the earth shifts around so does the relationships of the 'parking' spots for the sats. They have to be adjusted to keep them positioned to do their work.

Posted by Procopius2k 2020-05-22 18:41|| 2020-05-22 18:41|| Front Page Top

#9 As the mass of the earth shifts around so does the relationships of the 'parking' spots for the sats

I blame Stacy Abrams

Posted by Frank G 2020-05-22 19:14|| 2020-05-22 19:14|| Front Page Top

#10 @rjschwarz Hard to say. More cosmic rays incoming. So possibly a lot more clouds and resulting cooling and changes in weather patterns. It could last a long time. Bird migration affected.

Posted by KBK 2020-05-22 20:07|| 2020-05-22 20:07|| Front Page Top

#11 re#8:vis Guam still right side up???

Posted by USN, Ret. 2020-05-22 21:58|| 2020-05-22 21:58|| Front Page Top

#12 Only satellites in geostationary orbit care about parking spots and I would think they are so far away that the magnetic field would be irrelevant.

Posted by rjschwarz 2020-05-22 22:19|| 2020-05-22 22:19|| Front Page Top

#13 Gravity varies slightly from place to place. Time varies slightly depending on your altitude and geo position. So very much fun. Gravity is a constant. Not. Time is immutable. Not. Speed of light is a constant. Says who? All the dummies that 'lernt it frum bookz?' I hate physicists.

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2020-05-22 22:37|| 2020-05-22 22:37|| Front Page Top

#14 #11: depends on your frame of reference. :)

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2020-05-22 22:38|| 2020-05-22 22:38|| Front Page Top

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