Data on Earth’s Magnetic Field

FAST FACTS

1) The south pole has already left antarctica and the north pole is racing across the arctic ocean.

2) “Earth’s magnetic poles are getting ready to flip.” -Mission Manager, SWARM/ESA

3) The magnetic field began weakening in 1600.

4) The magnetic field weakened 10% from the 1800s to 2000.

5) Earth’s magnetic field was weakening 5% per century, but now is weakening 5% per decade.

6) As of 2014 the magnetic field is continuing to weaken rapidly.

7) Magnetic reversals can occur in less than 100 years.

8) Magnetic reversals lead to extinction events.

9) Magnetic reversals may cause biblical floods.

OTHER RESOURCES

2003 BBC Magnetism Article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3359555.stm

2004 NatGeo Magnetism Article: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/09/0909_040909_earthmagfield.html

2006 NatGeo Magnetism Article: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/05/magnetic-field-1.html

2008 NASA Magnetic Breach: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2008/16dec_giantbreach/

2011 ESA Magnetism Article: http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Observing_the_Earth/The_Living_Planet_Programme/Earth_Explorers/Swarm/Overview/(print)

Magnetic Field Animation: http://wdc.kugi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/igrf/anime/index.html

2003 NASA Pole Shift Article: http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2003/29dec_magneticfield.htm/

2008 Kyoto Pole Shift Animation: http://geomag.org/info/Declination/magnetic_lines.avi

2010 Kyoto Pole Shift Visual: http://wdc.kugi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/poles/figs/pole_ns.gif

2011 Discovery Pole Shift Article: http://news.discovery.com/earth/weather-extreme-events/earth-magnetic-field-north-110304.htm

Magnetic Field Links: http://phys.org/news/2014-06-video-magnetic-field.html#inlRlv –http://gji.oxfordjournals.org/content/199/2/1110 – http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/10/14/earths-magnetic-field-could-flip-within-a-human-lifetime/ –http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/earth-s-impending-magnetic-flip/ –http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/10/141014170841.htm

Oxygen Disaster at Reversal: http://ac.els-cdn.com/S0012821X14001629/1-s2.0-S0012821X14001629-main.pdf?_tid=3faaffa4-039c-11e4-9c00-00000aab0f01&acdnat=1404493214_7cdec2086658af4e80ef5dcfc60d4b41