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Ship Logs Suggest Upcoming Polar Reversal

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the straight-on-till-morning dept.

Nyerp writes "Researchers are using naval logs dating back as far as 1590 to arrive at better estimates of the decline of Earth's magnetic field. The results suggest that there may be a reversal of earth's magnetic field in about 2000 years." Also worth noting, our ancestors have lived through a number of polar reversals, and we're still here, so no need to fret!

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  1. Re:Global Warming? by ToasterofDOOM · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    OOH, I know!!! Ragnarok!

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  2. You People of Earth are IDIOTS! by Quinn · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yet another example of the coming global SUPERSTORM! How much longer can we rape the planet with impugnity and expect no wrath from Mother Gaea? Our dependance on foreign oil, the use of disposable diapers, the gas-guzzling SUV culture of Daemon America, and the dreaded Emperor Bush eroding our privacy and stroking the wank of big business -- what do you expect, you silly stupid people? Why are you even here? Go home. Leave the Earth in peace as it was intended, fecund and glorious in its barren isolation.

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  3. Re:Global Warming? by bobbie4 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Hey, I know what Ragnarok is!
    It's Captain Steiner's sword from FFIX, right?
    So Captain Steiner is responsible for pole reversal?

  4. Re:Global Warming? by pAnkRat · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    No,
    Ragnarok is a Disco/Church in the game Max Payne (part one).

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