Does anybody know how the global map it will be after the poles will be changed?

Question

When this will happen? The process will be painful?

Answer 1

Poles have shifted many times throughout Earths 4.5 billion year history. This is mis-leading. There are two kinds of polar shifts - geographic and magnetic. Geographic poles wander around. These polar wanderings are often sited as one of the events that can trigger an Ice Age. I believe what you are asking about is actually the second category of polar shifting - Magnetic. Magnetic poles actually flip flop or reverse. North becomes south etc (magnetically). The plates that the continents ride on remain the same - so the global map would not be altered. Magnetic reversals have been documented in basaltic rocks on the sea floor. When basalt forms along the sea floor spreading ridges the magnetic field is recorded in the rock - much like a magnetic tape recorder. In the 1960's geologists discovered these magnetic bands and observed the identical banding on both sides of the mid ocean spreading ridges. This observation (and others) lead to the continental drift theory. Reversals occur suddenly (in geologic time scale) and can take 3-4 thousand years to complete. Some geologists claim even faster reversals within hundreds of years. This is open to debate / research. It is a fact that over the last 150 years our Earth's magnetic field has been in a steep decline. Many scientists theorize this is a leading indicator that a reversal is already under way. Additionally, many of these scientists actually attribute Global Warming to the declining magnetic field. The theory goes: a strong magnetic field deflects solar radiation back into space - causing the earth to cool - a weak magnetic field allows more incident radiation to enter the atmosphere and warm the earth. Interesting theory and there is imperial data to support it. Through geologic time the earth has been MUCH colder (the magnetic fields just so happen to have been strong over these periods). It has also been MUCH warmer and guess what - the magnetic field over those geologic periods was weak and tend to be near a polar reversal. I must stress again – this is a theory and I am not saying man has not influenced climate change - he probably has, but these larger cycles and their direct effect on climate and glacier / inter-glacier cycles have a much more significant role than man's discharge of CO2.



So – what can we expect? As the magnetic field continues to decline the globe will continue to warm as more radiation is absorbed (instead of being reflected) by the atmosphere. Naturally our compasses won’t work anymore! And even satellite communications and GPS signals may be disrupted. People in latitudes as low as London or even New York can expect to see the Aurora Borealis.! But the earths plates will continue their slow march across the globe and the sun will rise.

Answer 2

At the current time, 2010 has been a year when all the plates along the Equator have been loosened up by the continuous daily jerking about that the Earth wobble incited by the near presence of Planet X. The plates are greased, so that at the present time one can find quakes on all sides of the various plates involved, occurring almost simultaneously. They are twitching, almost unimpeded in their motion, and just waiting for a push to set them into the plate movements we have described. Enter the Christmas Hammer, the end of the Magnetic Trimester on December 17, the time frame of the great 9.5 Sumatra quake on December 26, 2004. Do our predictions that the 7 of 10 scenarios will occur prior to the end of 2010 have something to do with December as a month of magnetic changes affecting the magnetic dance between Planet X and the Earth? Yes!

Answer 3

Plaster Pasta Master - I applaud your reduction in energy use. I do happen to accept AGW theory and I suspect other who do may thumb you down because you didn't reduce energy due to climate change. I'm not saying it's right, but that's the way it is. Anyway, I have changed my lifestyle, not because of the cost of energy, but for the environment. Some of the things I have done... 1. Purchased a Prius hybrid (we have no public transportation) 2. Replaced all my old windows with the most efficient low-E windows I could find 3. Installed a radiant barrier in the attic (getting ready to purchase solar fans to help ventilate the hot, attic air) 4. added additional insulation 5. Purchased Energy Star appliances 6. Use canvas bags when grocery shopping 7. Recycle glass, aluminum, plastic and paper

Answer 4

As a polar reversal wouldn't change the positions of landmasses, a global map would look the same.



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Going by averages over the last 65 million years, expect the switch to occur at some time during the next half-a-million years or so.



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Not to me.

Answer 5

It's only very recently we even figured out that this can happen, and right now nobody really has any solid ideas of what may the results might look like. There are a lot of variables. I've seen some scenarios, and only one thing is for sure. None of then look good for us.

Answer 6

Valikovsky is a scientist who worked on such ideas taking account of the folk tales and Biblical evidences. He prepared the maps at changed polar positions from the past. When such polar shift occurs it is very sudden even within a day the dramatic shift occurs over thousand kilometers- as he quoted from folk tales. Earth experienced such jolts in the past.

If you are interested please refer to sites like Creationism vs evolutionism. One site is 'the bible is proved correct' in that lot.

Answer 7

i have been told that the atmosphere will change (weather) and time zones. The pole shift could happen, and it will just disrupt the climate.

Answer 8

Have a look through these websites on magnetic north: http://www.google.co.uk/#hl=en&expIds=17259,18167,27558&xhr=t&q=postion+of+magnetic+north&cp=25&pf=p&sclient=psy&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=postion+of+magnetic+north&gs_rfai=&pbx=1&fp=8d8451eb556d4e24