posted on May, 24 2014 @ 11:12 PM
There are a lot of different things in there ...
originally posted by: ripcontrol
There is no effect of the magnetic fields on weather?
If there is, it's incredibly minor. Weather is driven by A LOT of things, but there is no magnetic component involved in all of the major things
(solar input, reflectivity of ice/land/water, atmospheric composition and reflection/absorption, cloud cover, etc. ... all of these are major things,
none of them involve the magnetic field).
originally posted by: ripcontrol
I assumed there was because the moon affects the tide
The moon affects the tides, yes, but that's because of gravity (and solar-caused tides on Earth are about 45% as strong as lunar-caused tides).
There's no magnetic field involved.
originally posted by: ripcontrol
Also the earlier leadway was over mars losing its magnetic field
If we *lost* our magnetic field completely, there would be issues of losing the atmosphere, but it all starts at the top. The incoming particles add
energy to the atmospheric molecules at the very top of the atmosphere, and the extra energy gives them enough velocity to escape Earth; more rise to
take their place, and the process is repeated. But, this takes millions - or hundreds of millions - of years, and we have sources to replenish our
atmosphere more than Mars did, so the effects on the ground would be practically nil so far as that's concerned. But the magnetic poles migrating,
flipping, decreasing a bit in intensity, etc., won't affect weather or climate (which are separate things).
originally posted by: ripcontrol
I would assume their would be changes based on strength of the fields
it would alter the amount of energy getting through from sol and other cosmic sources
Charged particles from the sun it would affect. But, not solar "energy," as in the light that we get from the sun that actually results in the
heating (or maintenance of temperature) on Earth. Photons (the light) is not charged, so are not affected by magnetic fields (despite what a few
certain very BAD movies have stated).
edit on 24-5-2014 by astrostu because: (no reason given)