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Brunhes–Matuyama Reversal: When Earth's Magnetic Field Flips
As well as a few temporary reversals, the Earth's magnetic field – just like the Sun – can flip over long timescales. During the Brunhes–Matuyama reversal, the magnetic north could have been ...
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When Compasses Point South
Such reversals in the Earth's magnetic field ... As Ron Merrill, a magnetic-field specialist at the University of Washington remarked when asked whether we're in for a reversal: "Ask me in ...
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'The next flip is coming?' : Earth’s Magnetic Poles are moving in ways never seen before
Around 41,000 years ago, the Laschamp event saw a brief but dramatic magnetic field reversal, lasting only 440 years with a field strength just 25% of today’s. During flips, Earth can develop ...
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Newly Named Chibanian Age Demarcates Earth’s Last Magnetic Flip
The time period, which spans 770,000 to 126,000 years ago, started with a reversal of the planet’s magnetic ... iron within minerals of the deposition aligned with Earth’s magnetic field at the time ...