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Magnetic Poles May Be About To Flip

Posted by timothy on from the still-time-to-buy-ammo dept.

AGD writes "According to the Guardian, Earth's magnetic field - the force that protects us from deadly radiation bursts from outer space - is weakening dramatically. . The article goes on to say 'Earth's magnetic field has disappeared many times before -- as a prelude to our magnetic poles flipping over, when north becomes south and vice versa.'"

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  1. Re:Will life survive again? by phaze3000 · · Score: 4, Troll
    Suddenly, global warming (the artificially-induced kind) doesn't seem like that big of a long-term threat.

    Except that the magnetic pole shift is likely to happen sometime in the next 1000 years or so. Global warming has the potential to wipe out humans prior to this time.

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