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View Poll Results: Did you know the Earth's magnetic field reversed??
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Nope!! 13 26.53%
WTF, we have a magnetic field?!?! 3 6.12%
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Old August 13th, 2007, 01:50 PM
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WTF?! The magnetic field reversed? So, you're telling me that now when I wear my metal boots outside, I'm in danger of being flung off the face of the Earth? OMG!!


Wait, I don't own any metal boots...
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Not exactly and it happened a long time a go and it takes some time to happen so for more info see here
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I knew earth has a magnetic field. But never knew that it reverses once in a while. I had no idea that the sun had a magnetic field nor that it changes every 11 years or so.

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I'm hoping we get a flip in our lifetimes. I want to live to see North be correct!
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Based upon the study of lava flows of basalt throughout the world, it has been proposed that the Earth's magnetic field reverses at intervals, ranging from tens of thousands to many millions of years, with an average interval of approximately 250,000 years. The last such event, called the Brunhes-Matuyama reversal, is theorized to have occurred some 780,000 years ago.


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In that case, it's 3 times over average. FLIP ALREADY, you lazy bastard!!
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Earths magnetic field is the result of the flow of molton material beneath the earths crust.
North vs true north has been drifting apart for centuries. Some maps take this into account by noting true north as it changes with each revision.
A veteran compas user will take this into account and be able to correctly assertain thier direction.

Barring any cataclysmic events such as large meteor impacts and the like, the magnetic field will continue to drift lazily, nothing sudden, as it is for as long as the earth has a molten core.

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I knew earth has a magnetic field. But never knew that it reverses once in a while. I had no idea that the sun had a magnetic field nor that it changes every 11 years or so.


What The Science Channel or NetGeo, they have "space"/geology type shows on all the time.

They tend to give some good bits of info that I go look up to find out more....

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