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Scientists Find Hole In Earth's Magnetic Field

Posted by samzenpus on from the better-tan dept.

Velorium writes "The Earth's magnetic field has been found to have two large holes that are making Earth's surface vulnerable to solar winds. Despite what scientists originally thought, these holes allow 20 times the normal amount of solar particles through when they are facing away from the sun. This is the opposite of what the scientists had first speculated."

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  1. Holes near poles by panoptical2 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Um, for years, haven't we known that the earth's magnetosphere was missing near the poles? (the Aurora Borealis, anyone?)

  2. Re:The price of aluminum will skyrocket... by MarkRose · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Which is somewhat ironic, because the usual way of smelting aluminum generates incredibly big magnetic fields as part of the electrolysis process. I took a tour through a facility once, and there was no limit to the number of paper clips you could stack end-to-end on the tour bus while in the plant. Pretty neat.

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  3. Solar power by PhrostyMcByte · · Score: 1, Interesting

    i wonder if it would be viable to put large solar arrays in these areas. sounds like a good opportunity for free energy. assuming we don't find a way to fix it (assuming we want to).

  4. Magnetic Poles about the Flip by TheSync · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Perhaps the Earth's magnetic poles are about to flip.

    Supposedly it won't kill us all....

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  6. Re:The price of aluminum will skyrocket... by MarkRose · · Score: 2, Interesting

    It was a bit before cell phones became really popular, but it would even fry digital watches according to the guide. They had everyone leave their electronics in the tour office. That's probably why they had a bus from the seventies, too, before vehicles had lots of electronics in them.

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