The reversal are estimated to take between 1000-10000 years. The complete latest reversal occured 41000 yrs ago & lasted only about 440 yrs.
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Geographic poles are not flipped because they are for the help in map. Magnetic poles changes with time and it's in North Canada right now.
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Neil, the question is how do we know the poles have flipped & if they are flipped, does this mean, the compass will point wrong directions?
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You run a magnetic field detector over rocks from near the mid-Atlantic ridge.
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But do they flop?
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That explains trump
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Can only go 8 miles down, and you know all about the center of the earth. More lies.
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Another lie.
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No they're confused, yes, it has many times
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That's what I'm saying!
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Must be awesome making shit up for a living.
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No but we lose whole planets, call them something like dwarf planets. Is that geological or magnetic?
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Is this something to worry about?
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Don't some birds and marine animals migrate using magnetic direction? How would it affect them?
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So otherwise than our compasses pointing south what would the effects be? Is it still lodestone?
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What are the effects when the magnetic poles flip?
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