Adjust your compass now:The North magnetic pole it's very fast migrating to NNE Russia!

It's this the day that could mark the change by the fast migrating of the magnetic pole?pole shift?

It sounds unlikely but it's true: the magnetic north pole is moving faster than at any time in human history, threatening everything from the safety of modern transport systems to the traditional navigation routes of migrating animals. Scientists say that magnetic north, which for two centuries has been in the icy wilderness of Canada, is currently relocating towards Russia at a rate of about 40 miles a year. The speed of its movement has increased by a third in the past decade, prompting speculation that the field could be about to "flip", causing compasses to invert and point south rather than north, something that happens between three and seven times every million years. Already the phenomenon is causing problems in the field of aviation. Tampa International airport in Florida has just spent a month renaming its three runways, which in common with those at most US airports are identified using numbers that correspond to the direction, in degrees, that they face on a compass. "Everything had to be changed; it was a huge project," Brenda Geoghagan, a spokeswoman for the airport, said. The current rate of magnetic north's movement away from Canada's Ellesmere Island is throwing out compasses by roughly one degree every five years, prompting the US Federal Aviation Administration to re-evaluate runway names across the country every five years. Similar changes were recently made to runways at Fort Lauderdale and Palm Beach. Geologists believe that magnetic north pole (which is different from the true North Pole, the axis on which the Earth spins) moves around due to changes in the planet's molten core, which contains liquid iron. They first located it in 1831, and have been attrying to follow its progress ever since. Records indicate that the pole's location barely moved in the early decades, but in about 1904, it began tracking north-east at a rate of about nine miles a year. That speed increased significantly from about 1989, possibly because of a "plume" of magnetism deep below ground. The pole is now believed to be heading towards Siberia at about 37 miles each year. "Earth's magnetic field is changing in time. And as far as we know, it has always been changing in time," geophysicist Jeffrey Love of the US Geological Survey in Colorado told Discovery News, which investigated the issue last week. GPS systems, which rely on satellites, have replaced compasses as the means by which the majority of professional navigators orientate themselves. But compasses are still valuable, and are widely used by hikers and other amateur map-readers. In some environments, such as underwater or beneath ground, which cannot be reached by satellite signals, they remain the only option. The oil industry, which uses magnets to determine which angle it should drill into the earth, needs to keep track of the exact location of magnetic north. Birds that fly south for the winter, along with migratory sea creatures, could face confusion. Long-living animals, such as whales and turtles, may in future be required to recalibrate their navigational instincts. Despite the cost and inconvenience of altering runway names, not to mention the indignity of losing magnetic north to Russia, inhabitants of North America stand to benefit from the changes in at least one respect: it will give them more opportunities to observe the aurora borealis. No one can predict the impact of "polar reversal", during which magnetic north and south reverse, since one hasn't happened for 780,000 years, the longest stable period in the past 5 million years. Some geologists think we could be about to find out, though: they believe that the current changes to magnetic north could be the early stages of a "flip". But Mr Love says we shouldn't be too concerned. "Reversals typically take about 10,000 years to happen," he said. "And 10,000 years ago civilisation did not exist. These processes are slow, and therefore we don't have anything to worry about."

(www.independent.co.uk...)source


Is this the real change that we expect to start today?

The magnetic poles move daily and sometimes shift dramatically depending on disturbances.

It is important to realize that the position of the North Magnetic Pole given for a particular year is an average position. The Magnetic Pole wanders daily around this average position and, on days when the magnetic field is disturbed, may be displaced by 80 km or more.

Geomagnetism

Here it is right now...


If it continues on that path, where I am in New England will experience a warmer climate.

Firstly, I'd like to say "Told you so"...

Secondly, this bit is very misleading as it refers to the average time:

"Reversals typically take about 10,000 years to happen," he said. "And 10,000 years ago civilisation did not exist. These processes are slow, and therefore we don't have anything to worry about."

Submerged frozen forests under Antarctica suggest that a pole flip happens in a matter of days.
Oregon lava flows record a 6-degrees per day change....

I thought compasses don't need to be adjusted. Seems they point to north no matter what.

Am I wrong?

Originally posted by JibbyJedi


If it continues on that path, where I am in New England will experience a warmer climate.

Could you please elaborate on this; I cannot understand how magnetic north moving will change your climate. The axis of rotation of earth I believe is more responsible for seasons, than magnetic north

reply to post by Trueman
Adjusting just the point of reference and the scale and the satellites and one million other things!!

reply to post by diamondsmith


What significance does this have for today? The current polar migration has been occurring for over a century. Even the article you linked to is 8 months old.

reply to post by Jrosh


Look at it for what it is on the map. The center of the coldest areas on the planet are where the magnetic poles are located. Not precisely, I know they are far from one another but in global terms, not that far. It's reasonable, and logical, to assume the geographic north pole will tend to follow the magnetic north pole as time passes, which would bring New England that much closer to the equator's warmer climate.

If there was a sudden large magnetic pole shift, say it moved to London in 3 days from now, over time the geographic north will slowly move to magnetic north, eventually bringing England into the north pole type of climate.

If you can prove that incorrect, then I look forward to seeing what you present.

I'm very confused.

Do birds now fly west for winter?

Do compasses need to be sold back to the shop as faulty?

Wait, north is north to a compass. hrmm.. even if it's now west, no? -- I've never really understood a compass.. most likely why I'm always lost!! Oo

Gahh I dunno... what does it mean to yeast? My brews better be alright..

Also, i compass you do not need to alter in any way, it fixes itself when magnetic north moves, because it always points to magnetic north, no matter where it is

Originally posted by JibbyJedi
reply to post by Jrosh

 

Look at it for what it is on the map. The center of the coldest areas on the planet are where the magnetic poles are located.

Given that the geomagnetic field is created by the core dynamo effect of the Earth's rotation, it should be no surprise that the geomagnetic and geographic poles are in approximately the same locations.

It's reasonable, and logical, to assume the geographic north pole will tend to follow the magnetic north pole as time passes, which would bring New England that much closer to the equator's warmer climate.

Just what would be the mechanism for this?

Originally posted by AzureSky
Also, i compass you do not need to alter in any way, it fixes itself when magnetic north moves, because it always points to magnetic north, no matter where it is

Thats the problem, where was North yesterday?!!

Ahha! I see the thing now..

OO

what if north points backwards tomorrow, and you grab your compass and it still points north.

Only those sneaky people who know what side moss grows on a tree will know..

I'll be walking into a trap!!

The NOAA National Geophysical Data Center maintains a data set of annual magnetic north pole coordinates going back to the year 1590, derived from early measurements from ships logs to modern day techniques. Noting that there has been lots of reporting of pole shift lately, to the point where the phenomenon is actually causing real-world issues such as temporary airport closures, a deeper investigation was in order. After transferring 420 years of north pole position data from the NOAA Geo Data Center, configuring it to fit in an Excel spreadsheet, adding a complicated formula to determine exact distance between 2 sets of latitude-longitude coordinates, applying the formula to each data point in the series, and then finally plotting it all in a visual graph, it is alarming to discover the amount of magnetic pole shift – just over the past 10 to 20 years. Here is one very interesting fact… Since 1860, the magnetic pole shift has more than doubled every 50 years. That is pretty significant. In geological terms, that seems to be pretty ‘rapid’. Here is another very interesting fact… During the past 150 years, the pole shift has been in the same direction. The following fact is even more astonishing… During the past 10 years, the magnetic north pole has shifted nearly half of the total distance of the past 50 years! In other words, the pole shift has apparently sped up substantially. Pole Shift has more than doubled each of the last 50 years

reply to post by CLPrime

The present rate of magnetic north pole shift is about 55 kilometers per year. According to the data set, during the year 2000 the magnetic north pole actually shifted more than 70 kilometers. The issue now is, since the pole shift has been at 400 year record high rates during the past 10 to 20 years, the cumulative effect is now beginning to cause real-world issues. Will the effects affect us noticeably or in a bad way? Time will tell I suppose, but at the current rate there will no doubt be direct effects on many systems in the years ahead, many of them nuisance issues such as documentation changes while others will likely be more serious. It is not known if the shift will speed up or slow down in the years ahead. Some say that a pole reversal is overdue, and this phenomenon may be indicators of the beginnings of that process. Note that the earth’s magnetic field is what protects us from radiation. Without it, we would not survive. Could a pole reversal cause a period of time in-between flip-flop such that we would be exposed to deadly radiation? Stay tuned…

reply to post by CLPrime


I wish I was you, so I knew what you just said... you make simple things that should be, sound awfully complicated.

Oh well, I'll await the impending non-doom that is mundane tomorrow and all that saturday brings.. I hate weekends..

i am lost i have no compass damn it lol

Originally posted by storm2012
i am lost i have no compass damn it lol

You and me both mate!!

We'll either die together of live apart completely !!

Compass schmumpass!!

I can see where the sun rises... or .. hits me..

*not the face Not the face*

reply to post by Ha`la`tha


The rotation of the Earth, and the effect this has on the core, generates the geomagnetic field. Because of this, the field generally aligns with the Earth's axis of rotation - which also means the poles of the field and the poles of the Earth should line-up.
The only time this isn't true is during a geomagnetic reversal, at which time the poles shift erratically (in fact, multiple mini-poles are created globally) before they weaken and switch places.

reply to post by diamondsmith


Again, I'll ask, what does that have to do with today?

reply to post by CLPrime
Today no, but tomorrow yes and next year,but let me ask you something?How can a very strong CME with powerful EMP can shift the poles in 11 hours???

reply to post by diamondsmith


You shouldnt have mentioned today, then, since the date has nothing to do with it.

Any CME capable of interrupting, let alone shifting, the Earth's geomagnetic field would be devastating all on its own, without the geomagnetic reversal. Also, what part of the CME do you suggest would cause such a reversal? An EMP? External electromagnetism has no significant affect on the Earth's magnetic field, since the field's source is entirely physical (the Dynamo Effect).