Our Magnetic North Pole

For John, BLUF:  If you want to worry about the Environment, worry about this.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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Earth's magnetic field flipped 42,000 years ago, creating a climate 'disaster'

From Space, by Reporter Mindy Weisberger, 22 February 2021.

Here is the lede plus two:

A reversal in Earth's magnetic field thousands of years ago plunged the planet into an environmental crisis that may have resembled "a disaster movie," scientists recently discovered.

Our planet's magnetic field is dynamic and, numerous times, it has flipped — when the magnetic North and South Poles swap places.  In our electronics-dependent world, such a reversal could seriously disrupt communication networks.

But the impact could be even more serious than that, according to the new study.  For the first time, scientists have found evidence that a polar flip could have serious ecological repercussions.  Their investigation connects a magnetic field reversal about 42,000 years ago to climate upheaval on a global scale, which caused extinctions and reshaped human behavior.

This could be a global catastrophy.  We could see extinctions, as species fail to adapt.  Life could be very hard for several hundred years.

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff