{"id":40666,"date":"2018-11-02T07:48:05","date_gmt":"2018-11-02T07:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/?p=40666"},"modified":"2018-11-02T07:48:19","modified_gmt":"2018-11-02T07:48:19","slug":"archive-2268","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/archive-2268\/","title":{"rendered":"Archive 2268"},"content":{"rendered":"

North Pole Shifts 161 Miles in 6\u00a0Months<\/strong><\/p>\n

Posted on June 3, 2013 by Deus Nexus<\/p>\n

The Magnetic north pole has moved 161 miles in 6 months only, this puts its arrival in siberia in less that 2 years, and it is when it arrives there that it will have migrated 40 degrees across the northern hemisphere at this point the poles will shift at high speed over the equator until it reaches 40 degrees south, i will tell you what i expect to happen when it goes past the 40 degrees point in the coming uploads<\/p>\n

POLE POSITION: Magnetic north is moving so fast that it is hampering navigation. (Photo:Calsidyrose\/Flickr)<\/p>\n

Magnetic north shifting by 40 miles a year, might signal pole reversal<\/strong><\/p>\n

The magnetic pole is moving faster than at any time in human history, causing major problems for navigation and migratory wildlife.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Reposted from:\u00a0mmn.com<\/p>\n

The magnetic north pole is currently shifting at a faster rate than at any time in human history \u2014 almost 40 miles a year \u2014 and some experts believe that it may be the beginning of a complete pole reversal,\u00a0according to the Independent.<\/p>\n

The changes are beginning to cause major problems for aviation, navigation and migratory animals that use the Earth\u2019s magnetic field to orient themselves. Some airports have had to change the names of their runways to better correspond to their current direction relative to magnetic north.<\/p>\n

Ever since the magnetic north pole was\u00a0first discovered in 1831, geologists have been tracking its progress. Unlike true north (which is marked by the Earth\u2019s axis),\u00a0magnetic north is constantly on the move due to changes in the planet\u2019s molten core, which contains iron. Throughout most of recorded history, the pole has been positioned at or around Canada\u2019s icy Ellesmere Island, but if it keeps moving at its current rate, it won\u2019t be long before it sits above Russia instead.<\/p>\n

The thing that really makes the pole\u2019s current movement so unusual, however, is the speed that it is shifting. In the last decade alone, movement has increased by a third, throwing off compasses by roughly 1 degree every five years.<\/p>\n

Changes that fast have already caused major headaches for the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration. Tampa International Airport in Florida has\u00a0just spent a month renaming all of its runways, which are named after the degree at which they point on a compass. Similar changes were recently made to runways at Fort Lauderdale and Palm Beach, and across the country runways now need to be renamed at least once every five years.<\/p>\n

The shifting pole may also become a grave concern for\u00a0migratory wildlife, such as birds, turtles and other sea creatures that use Earth\u2019s magnetic field to navigate over great distances. It\u2019s unclear if these animals are capable of recalibrating their navigational instincts to compensate for the changes.<\/p>\n

The rapid shifting of the pole\u2019s position has prompted some experts to speculate that the Earth\u2019s entire magnetic field may be preparing to \u201cflip,\u201d whereby all compasses invert and point south instead of north. It may sound radical, but in geological time, pole reversals are relatively common. Though they typically occur once every 400,000 years or so, it\u2019s been 780,000 years since the last flip.<\/p>\n

Scientists disagree on how a pole reversal would effect ecosystems around the world, but some alarmists warn of a planet-altering catastrophe, whereby earthquakes and monumental tsunamis threaten the Earth for decades.\u00a0Though such radical doomsday prophecies cannot be completely ruled out, the vast majority of scientists are tempered by calmer predictions.<\/p>\n

\u201cReversals typically take about 10,000 years to happen,\u201d said Jeffrey Love of the U.S. Geological Survey. \u201cAnd 10,000 years ago civilisation did not exist. These processes are slow, and therefore we don\u2019t have anything to worry about.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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