How far away from a magnetic pole shift and what is the earth's current magnetic field's strength.?

Question

In regards to a 2012 prediction of a Pole Shift affecting our Planet.

Answer 1

Magnetic polar reversals take ten's of thousands of years to complete, so you can forget about that 2012 myth. When polar shifts occur the magnetic field does not disappear, secondary dipoles assume the job of the primary dipoles until the reversal is complete. But if you are worried about it you can always stock up on spam and bottled water.

Answer 2

It is assured that the sun will shift poles as it will be in what is called "Solar Max" of its 11 year cycle.

It is not certain when the earths pole will shift. The geological record shows prior shifts in the earths past, but geologist and scientist can not see a pattern in the data that they have collected, an thus can not predict.

I believe that I have read or saw a discovery channel show that mentioned that the streght of the field has been the weakest of all measured time. And the field center or pole is also moving more and more from its southern position.

As you may know the magnetic field is very important, It is part of a system known as a Dynamo. Where energy from the sun in the form of solar wind, enters the earths core and helps to maintain the magnetic sphere, and the magnetic sphere in turn helps to gather the solar wind.

The real problem is not that the earth's pole will shift (north will be south and south will be north) Because it has happened before many times, the problem is that we do not know how long the earth stays in flux until it figures out which way it is going to go. It may stay in chaos and not completely flip. This would be very problematic for us and all living things.


Make sure to scroll down to the middle of the wiki page where it talks about the Magnetosphere.

Answer 3

You're writing about a geomagnetic reversal. Magnetic pole shifts occur over a long period of time. The poles themselves "wander" quite a bit over time.

The magnetic poles do appear to flip over time (with north becoming south and south north - magnetic pole flips, NOT a physical shift of the globe). The time between shifts ranges from 5000 years to 50 million years. The last shift was 780,000 years ago.

If the current rate of magnetic decline continues, the poles will flip sometime between AD 3000 and AD 4000.

A ways off.

Answer 4

It doesn't work that way. We may indeed be in the process of a magnetic shift but it is a process that takes hundreds of years. It won't happen in a year or a decade. The magnetic field strength will weaken as it is now and spiral around the pole. Eventually it will start spiralling around the south pole until it stabilizes.

Answer 5

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