[Nineteen]

ok, I need some imput, the pole shift is most assuredly going to happen, but when do you think, and what will happen?

[Portugues]

Its already happening

[shikon1]

thats true^^^

[cKyJon88]

Its happening as we speak.

[aquatus1]

Sometime in the 1000 to 5000 years, and essentially we will notice a great more atmospheric ionic phenomena, such as increased ranges and occurances of Northern Lights, as well as regualrly interrupted wireless traffic. Should last, when it finally manifests, about a year or two, then it will stabilize and all will be as normal, except that the poles will be in radically different places.

[bacca]

my question would be what will happen at least theoretically to the life on the planet during this shift....will life survive it?

[Pax Unum]

Scientists have been observing changes in the direction of earth's magnetic field which took place recently as well as in the distant past. NASA’s website features a map showing the gradual northward migration of the north magnetic pole in the past century and a half.

Since more than double the time interval has elapsed since the last reversal, compared to the time lapse between the previous two pole reversals, some believe we may be overdue for the next north-south flip.

However, though the interval between reversals of the Earth’s magnetic field can be as short as 5,000 years, it can also be as long as 50 million years. There does not seem to be any logic or rule governing the planet’s behavior.

It is not only the direction but also the strength of this magnetic field that is a concern. In the time of dinosaurs, at an estimated 2.5 gauss, it was eighty percent stronger than it is now.

This may have been one of the reasons such gigantic life forms thrived. It is now accepted that a catastrophic event ended the reign of giant reptiles. However, they did not re-evolve to equivalent dimensions.

And the disappearance of mammalian “mega-fauna” in more recent times is still considered to be a mystery. The mastodons and mammoths would have towered over modern elephants. Why are there so few large terrestrial animals today?

The weakening of earth’s magnetism is one of the factors believed to be predictive of a pole reversal. That magnetic field reversals have occurred in the past is confirmed in the geological record. What is unclear is how precisely the transition occurs, and what happens to life forms extant at the time of this pole flip.

Earth Magnetic Field Reversal

[Pax Unum]

Research shows the pole moving at rapid clip—25 miles (40 kilometers) a year.

Over the past century the pole has moved 685 miles (1,100 kilometers) from Arctic Canada toward Siberia, says Joe Stoner, a paleomagnetist at Oregon State University.

At its current rate the pole could move to Siberia within the next half-century, Stoner said.

"It's moving really fast," he said. "We're seeing something that hasn't happened for at least 500 years."

North Magnetic Pole Is Shifting Rapidly Toward Russia

[Roj47]

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ok, I need some imput, the pole shift is most assuredly going to happen, but when do you think, and what will happen?

I am as everyone else taking it that you mean the magnetic shift.

Or do you mean the shift as put forward (I believe this guy is the original thought on this) crustal displacement moving the pole caps into a different location.

Either way..... I wonder what the likes of earthquakes such as that that created the Asian Tsunami. I know the spin of the Earth has increased/ slant altered.

R47

[aquatus1]

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my question would be what will happen at least theoretically to the life on the planet during this shift....will life survive it?

There has been no mass extinction event on the planet that has been linked to a magnetic pole reversal.

[Master Sage]

The only effect on life is we will get a bit more UV rays from the sun, and therfore more skin cancer. And compasses will point south.

[Nineteen]

I thought that somehwere during the switch the poles will disappear, and then reform at opposite ends, what do you think will happen when they are gone?

[Master Sage]

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I thought that somehwere during the switch the poles will disappear, and then reform at opposite ends, what do you think will happen when they are gone?

Where did you hear this?

[Roj47]

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Where did you hear this?

It sounds a lot like the displacement theory.

Just briefly the mantal floats on a river of magma, and in time can become unstable and suddenly `slide`. You would be talking 600+ miles of shift, which essentially would find for example USA at the site of the North Pole now, and the site of the North pole at the equator (at an extreme).

The arguement for this is -

The frozen forrest of (forget), where the fruit trees are frozen in situ. i.e. dramatic temp swing.

Basalt flows that covered the majority of the northern hemispehere (6000 years ago? seems too recent to me)

The map detailing Antartica that was accurate pre 1482. The reis map (?).

I am quite sold on this idea, but have not found an opinion to dispute as yet.

[aquatus1]

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It sounds a lot like the displacement theory.

Just briefly the mantal floats on a river of magma, and in time can become unstable and suddenly `slide`. You would be talking 600+ miles of shift, which essentially would find for example USA at the site of the North Pole now, and the site of the North pole at the equator (at an extreme).

The arguement for this is -

The frozen forrest of (forget), where the fruit trees are frozen in situ. i.e. dramatic temp swing.

Basalt flows that covered the majority of the northern hemispehere (6000 years ago? seems too recent to me)

The map detailing Antartica that was accurate pre 1482. The reis map (?).

I am quite sold on this idea, but have not found an opinion to dispute as yet.

Since I do not know which of the frozen fruit claims of basalt flow claims you are referring to, I can't comment on them, but the Piri Reis map is somewhat accurate, but nowhere near the level of a map made in an ice-free time. The current concensus is that the map is the 'best guess' approximation of the crew that sailed around the Antartic.