Earth not due for a geomagnetic flip in the near future
Tuesday, November 24, 2015 - 11:30
in Astronomy & Space
The intensity of Earth’s geomagnetic field has been dropping for the past 200 years, at a rate that some scientists suspect may cause the field to bottom out in 2,000 years, temporarily leaving the planet unprotected against damaging charged particles from the sun. This drop in intensity is associated with periodic geomagnetic field reversals, in […]