Earth's magnetic field could reverse in just one lifetime

A new study by a team of scientists from Italy, France, Columbia University and the University of California, Berkeley, demonstrates that the Earth's magnetic field could change polarity in less than 100 years. The last magnetic reversal occurred some 786,000 years ago and was previously thought to have taken several thousand years but, if the researchers are right, the real time it may take for the flip to occur could actually be closer to the span of a human life... Continue Reading Earth's magnetic field could reverse in just one lifetime



Section: Science



Tags: Columbia University, Earth core, Flip, Geophysics, Magnetic field, Radiation, UC Berkeley



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