Throughout Earth's history, our planet has experienced many magnetic pole reversals, often referred to as geomagnetic reversals. These events have left identifiable imprints in the geological ...

Magnetic poles move because the "liquid metal in the ... of the earth that generates the magnitude," William Brown, a geomagnetic field modeler at the BGS, said to The Independent.

During a pole reversal, Earth’s magnetic poles swap locations ... “Polarity reversals occur during periods of low geomagnetic ...

Earth’s magnetic poles are constantly on the move ... modeled the consequences of this event and concluded that the geomagnetic field minimum caused substantial changes in atmospheric ozone ...

This self-sustaining loop is known as the geomagnetic dynamo ... one another out and result in no distinct north or south magnetic poles.

Magnetic pole flips happen randomly ... This unpredictable behavior disrupts geomagnetic stability on a planetary scale. Some scientists speculate past magnetic flips contributed to species ...