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Earth Changes 2003 The Magnetic Pole Shift In 2003-2005 ALMANAC JAN | FEB | MARCH | APRIL | MAY | JUNE | JULY | AUG | SEPT | OCT | NOV | DEC | EARLY 2004 |
The Magnetic Pole Shift In 2003-2005 The magnetic poles are completely different than the North and South Poles of the Spin Axis of the Earth. But they too are drifting into new territory at a faster rate each year, even more rapidly than the glacially slow drift of the Spin Axis The Magnetic Poles are off-centered by some 18 20 degrees or so from the spin axis poles, but perhaps not for long. Since about sometime in the mid-1930s, the North Magnetic pole switched from a steady drift towards the West, in a path it had been following for hundreds of years, and began to move straight up true North towards the North Pole of the Spin Axis. Since the 1980s, the rate of speed of this drift has progressively increased so that the North magnetic pole is now moving at over 15 km a year. If it keeps accelerating in the same direction, the two poles (Magnetic North and Spin North) will line up close enough to be indistinguishable from each other, perhaps in as little as a few decades Why this is happening is anyones guess. In the meantime, there is not much real solid evidence that the Earths Magnetic Pole is weakening or is about to collapse to go into a polarity reversal. Some people are speculating about this, some claim there is evidence for it, and a few people are predicting that it will happen this year or during the next few years. But, there is absolutely no convincing comprehensive evidence to support any of these speculations. In fact, the magnetic field is so variable and mutates so rapidly in various areas of the world, supercomputers cannot accurately predict what the magnetic field will be like in any given area in as little as three years into the future. Consequently, they have to keep issuing corrected figures and the task of correcting all the worlds navigational systems is an industry in its own right. From all of these constant changes, one can see both increases and decreases in the magnetic field, it just depends upon where you are measuring it and when. No overall trend seemed apparent as recently as 2000. It is true that that the magnetic field does produce polarity reversals, this can be proven by geology. But this happens after spans which are so large (tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of years) that we are not sure what the cycles are nor how the process works. It is best to leave these speculations to scientists and not get involved with them unless you want to learn the scientific mechanims to explain how the process works. Prediction For 2003-2005: There will continue to be a progressive drift of the Magnetic North and South Poles similar to the last 20 years, no reversals, no collapses. Magnetic North may move as much as 150 kilometers closer to the North Spin Axis. |