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Earth\u2019s Poles Show Signs Of FLIPPING: Widespread Grid Failures Imminent<\/a><\/h3>\n
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Scientists from the University of Colorado in Boulder are sounding the alarm that the Earth\u2019s magnetic poles are showing signs of reversing.\u00a0 Although the pole reversal, in and of itself, isn\u2019t unprecedented, the solar winds that would take out the power grid and make parts of the globe uninhabitable could cause widespread disasters.<\/p>\n

The Earth has a fierce molten core that generates a magnetic field capable of defending our planet against devastating solar winds.\u00a0 This magnetic field is vital to life<\/a> on Earth and has weakened by 15 percent over the last 200 years. This protective field acts as a shield against harmful solar radiation and extends thousands of miles into space and its magnetism<\/a> affects everything from global communication to power grids.<\/p>\n

Historically, Earth\u2019s North and South magnetic poles have flipped every 200,000 or 300,000 years.\u00a0<\/span>However, the last flip was about 780,000 years ago, meaning our planet is well overdue.\u00a0\u00a0The latest satellite data, from the European Space Agency\u2019s Swarm trio which monitors the Earth\u2019s magnetic field, suggest a pole flip may be imminent.<\/a>\u00a0 The satellites allow researchers to study changes building at the Earth\u2019s core, where the magnetic field is generated. Their observations suggest molten iron and nickel are draining the energy out of the Earth\u2019s core near where the magnetic field is generated. While scientists aren\u2019t sure why exactly this happens, they describe it as a \u201crestless activity\u201d that suggests the magnetic field is preparing to flip.<\/p>\n

The signs of the Earth\u2019s poles reversing are also apparent to Daniel Baker, who says this would devastate the power grid.\u00a0 If a switch happens, we would likely be exposed to solar winds capable of punching holes into the ozone<\/a> layer.<\/p>\n

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Earth\u2019s Poles Show Signs Of FLIPPING: Widespread Grid Failures Imminent Scientists from the University of Colorado in Boulder are sounding the alarm that the Earth\u2019s magnetic poles are showing signs of reversing.\u00a0 Although the pole reversal, in and of itself, isn\u2019t unprecedented, the solar winds that would take out the power grid and make parts […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,7],"tags":[18292,18290,389,6489,18293,18289,1575,6490,2420,18291],"class_list":["post-30435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","category-survival-2","tag-earths-core","tag-electricity-loss","tag-grid-failure","tag-mac-slavo","tag-magnetic-field","tag-magnetic-poles","tag-power-loss","tag-shtfplan-com","tag-solar-radiation","tag-university-of-colorado-in-boulder"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30435"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30436,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30435\/revisions\/30436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}