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Scientists Find Hole In Earth's Magnetic Field
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."
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.
Be relentless!
Perhaps the Earth's magnetic poles are about to flip.
Supposedly it won't kill us all....