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You can now hear the moment Earth’s magnetic field nearly collapsed

Over 40,000 years ago, Earth’s magnetic field underwent a full reversal, a rare phenomenon in which the North and South ...
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Scientists capture 'eerie' sound of Earth's magnetic field flipping about 41,000 years ago

Earth's magnetic field is crucial to keep its inhabitants safe and protected from harmful solar radiation. However, the ...
Politifact

Do magnetic pole shifts cause modern climate change and earthquakes? Science says no

There is wide consensus among climate scientists that the Earth is warming and that humans directly contributed to this change by burning fossil fuels. Pole reversals have occurred several times in ...
Live Science

150,000-year history of Earth's magnetic field reveals clues about the climate when early humans were spreading out of Africa

A tree-ringed African lake has yielded a record of Earth's magnetic field spanning the past 150,000 years. A core of rock and sediment drilled from the bottom of Lake Chala, a picturesque crater lake ...
THE WEEK

Earth's magnetic North Pole is shifting toward Russia

The planet's magnetic North Pole, where compasses point, has been unexpectedly moving toward Russia. While shifting is not a rare occurrence, the pole is moving both faster and differently than it was ...