023 The Big Magnetic Flip
Curiously Polar
English - October 24, 2017 05:00 - 12 minutes - 11.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsPlaces & Travel Society & Culture Science Earth Sciences arctic antarctic pole polar svalbard greenland north pole south pole polar bear penguin Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The Arctic and the Antarctic are privileged locations for observers interested in understanding how our world is shaped by the forces of nature and the workings of history. These areas have inspired countless humans to undertake epic expeditions of discov
In a previous episode we have mentioned that the magnetic field of the Earth through goelogical time has undergone variations in intensity and even reversals with the north magnetic pole migrating to close to the south pole and vice versa for the south magnetic pole. How do we know this and what consequences for life on the planet could it have had?