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    When will the Earth's poles next switch, and how big of an effect will it have on the planet?

    Question #55207. Asked by elizabethmc. (Feb 15 05 5:26 PM)


    rlaj

    		Researchers in the British science journal Nature say the Earth is beginning a magnetic reversal. Satellite imagery suggests that compasses will point south within a few thousand years, a mere heartbeat in geological time. This is because the complex flow of molten iron deep within the Earth, which maintains the planet's polarity, is reversing...
    http://www.antarcticconnection.com/antarctic/news/2002/041802mag_flip.shtml

    Feb 15 05, 9:48 PM

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