[Kylon]

I was thinking, that since the Earth's Geomagnetic poles are reversing, and they're the only things protecting us from solar winds, and strong solar winds can cause electromagnetic pulses, that as the Geomagnetic poles become weaker and weaker, and our planetary shield is removed, that frequent electromagnetic pulses may become the norm.

If that's the case, then unshielded electronics and powerlines could become virtually useless. The only solution I can think of currently for such a problem would be to shield all of the electronics with lead and iron.

What do you think?

[Madpaddy]

I think that if you're right, "that the hits just keep on coming".

[Kylon]

Wikipedia article

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geomagnetic_reversal

[emersonbiggins]

Sounds apocalyptic enough, but do these pole reversals happen on a timeline that's relevant to h.sapiens?

In other words, any number of disasters have the potential to be our downfall between now and such an event.

[Lore]

If the electromagnetic poles are somehow reduced in intensity there is also the danger that solar winds will chip away the atmosphere. This is one of the hypothesis that scientist have considered for the loss of atmosphere on Mars.

Then again I've heard, if there were a sudden reversal in pole polarity, it would cause your head and ass to simultaneously cave in to meet somewhere about mid-abdomen!

[Tyler_JC]

We're talking about a change that will happen in tens of thousands of years, not the next couple decades.

We've survived several of these things before without succumbing to cancer and global dieoff.

Moreover, what makes you think we wouldn't notice that the poles were weakening to the point where our electronics might be in danger and spend a few centuries hardening the hard drives?

I thought we already established that peak oil was going to wipe out all of industrial civilization in the next decade, rendering our entire collection of electronic goodies worthless anyway?

So who cares about someone's laptop in the year 22,007 when the poles reverse and the cosmic waves fry it?

Problem solved.

[Kylon]

Hope your right about poles not reversing. One more disaster off my chest if you are.

[Kylon]

thanks ferrel giraffe.

[Tyler_JC]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ferrelgiraffe', 'T')his is probably the best dang web site in the world and the people here are bhonest and open, Nothing excapes being ripped appart here.

Aaron should clalll it Occams Raozor and Peak Oil

any theory needs testing come here.

when 80 percent of us agree on it it is basically FACT>

We are not paid shills for any oil drilling university so you can trus tit, (though there are a few shills who refuse to accept facts)
I'm too old to be a shill, I'd moon 'em.

[steam_cannon]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('emersonbiggins', 'S')ounds apocalyptic enough, but do these pole reversals happen on a timeline that's relevant to h.sapiens?

[in_nowhere]

Of all the things I worry about geomagnetic reversals is low on the list. There have been many many many reversals and none of them have caused an extinction. Things can be played up from what they are and I really don't think this one will cause a lot of problems.

[AdamB]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', ' ')

"The shield that protects the Earth from solar radiation is under attack from within. We can’t prevent it, but we ought to prepare..." is the ominous sub-headline of a worrisome new report that shows scientists around the world fearing that the earth's magnetic field is shifting, with potentially disastrous consequences for mankind. "When next the poles change places, the consequences for the electrical and electronic infrastructure that runs civilization will be dire. The question is when that will happen." As SHTFplan.com's Mac Slavo notes, scientists from the University of Colorado in Boulder are sounding the alarm that the Earth’s magnetic poles are showing signs of reversing. Although the pole reversal, in and of itself, isn’t unprecedented, the solar winds that would take out the power grid and make parts of the globe uninhabitable could cause widespread disasters. The Earth has a fierce molten

[AdamB]

Based on the age of this thread, I was surprised to see that this pole reversal thing has been going on more than a decade, and the Happy McDoomsters haven't latched onto it as their next great Rapture trigger?

[dissident]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('AdamB', 'B')ased on the age of this thread, I was surprised to see that this pole reversal thing has been going on more than a decade, and the Happy McDoomsters haven't latched onto it as their next great Rapture trigger?

[ROCKMAN]

in - "There have been many many many reversals and none of them have caused an extinction." So true. OTOH no other species has been as dependent upon a stable magnetic field as man.

[dolanbaker]

Following one of the linked articles that claim to support the imminent flip of the magnetic pole, actually says nothing of the sort.

"suggest a pole flip may be imminent. " links to : http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Obser ... etic_field.
All the article says about pole flipping is :
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')he magnetic field is in a permanent state of flux. Magnetic north wanders, and every few hundred thousand years the polarity flips so that a compass would point south instead of north.

[Newfie]

An update: the magnetic field is moving so fast they had to release an unscheduled update.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-00007-1

[Cog]

As I recall from my plate tectonic course the earth's magnetic field weakens before a polarity shift. And the actual polarity shift takes anywhere from 1000 to 10,000 years to complete. Some increased odds of skin cancer but our atmosphere does offer us protection for the most part.