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re: Historical polar motion... has fully ended
Posted on 12/31/25 at 10:34 pm to Boss13
Posted on 12/31/25 at 10:34 pm to Boss13
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Do you understand how angular momentum works? The amount of energy required to change the earth's orientation relative to the sun is almost inconceivable and would probably tear the earth apart.
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There is evidence that Mars experienced a phenomenon known as "true polar wander," where the planet's poles shifted significantly, possibly by as much as 20 degrees. This movement is believed to be linked to the formation of large volcanic regions like Tharsis, which affected Mars' surface and climate over billions of years.
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Posted on 12/31/25 at 10:36 pm to BigTigerJoe
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possibly by as much as 20 degrees
Huuuuuuuuge difference in 20 degrees and over 100.
Posted on 12/31/25 at 10:39 pm to Boss13
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Huuuuuuuuge difference in 20 degrees and over 100.
20 degrees is a bad day. Mars got wrecked.
Posted on 12/31/25 at 10:42 pm to BigTigerJoe
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would probably tear the earth apart.
Sounds like we got a chance.
Posted on 12/31/25 at 10:56 pm to m2pro
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140 IQ
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It is cite. But good try.
Posted on 12/31/25 at 11:19 pm to Timeoday
Creation comes to mind.
Posted on 12/31/25 at 11:29 pm to m2pro
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If you are in America, and find some weird way to survive the oceanic flooding and violence that comes with that, move as far northeast as you can
Yeah yeah yeah…I’m not looking for this to begin with, the Rapture is next for me, frick this world as it stands now! I’m certainly not going to live my life as a prisoner to fear of my future on things like this, that’s for damned sure.
Posted on 12/31/25 at 11:31 pm to m2pro
WTF did I just (try) to read?
Posted on 1/1/26 at 12:01 am to m2pro
Quit worrying about something you can do nothing about. And wanting the government to do something is just asinine.
Posted on 1/1/26 at 12:14 am to m2pro
You have this Geoscientist confused. I know there is a magnetic drift, but the magnetic pole shift isn't a physical thing in the framework of how the earth rotates. Magnetic poles do affect our defense against Coronal mass ejections, but that is the extent of it. There will be no earth shattering events that cause the Earth to suddenly stop and produce walls of water that inundate cities.
Posted on 1/1/26 at 12:33 am to 10thyrsr
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You have this Geoscientist confused. I know there is a magnetic drift, but the magnetic pole shift isn't a physical thing in the framework of how the earth rotates. Magnetic poles do affect our defense against Coronal mass ejections, but that is the extent of it. There will be no earth shattering events that cause the Earth to suddenly stop and produce walls of water that inundate cities.
If only that were so.
This link disagrees with you
this one also
and one last one
This post was edited on 1/1/26 at 12:43 am
Posted on 1/1/26 at 12:39 am to Stat M Repairman
The best thing we can do to prepare for magnetic pole shift is get vaccinated.
Posted on 1/1/26 at 12:56 am to m2pro
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In geophysical terms, this may unfold as episodes of True Polar Wander—moments when Earth’s entire outer shell, both crust and mantle, abruptly pivots around the spin axis to recover gyroscopic equilibrium.
As a expert in the field, I'm telling you this is bullshite. I am very open to most conspiracy theories, but this one just isn't true. There is no basis for anything in the article. I could go line by line on what they got wrong, but it would take me ages. You probably made anyone who is a geophysicist go into apoplexy by reading your article
This post was edited on 1/1/26 at 7:19 am
Posted on 1/1/26 at 6:40 am to m2pro
quote:Oscillation between two rotational planetary states would imply a recurring catastrophic phenomenon. There is no evidence of such a thing at all in Earth's history.
According to @EthicalSkeptic's ECDO (Exothermic Core-Mantle Decoupling – Dzhanibekov Oscillation) theory, Earth oscillates between two rotational states. We are currently in State 1 (stable geomagnetic alignment). The next ECDO event would involve a true polar wander shift of approximately 104° along the 31° East meridian to State 2 (gyroscopic alignment after core-mantle decoupling), relocating the poles as follows:
Scientists have long recognized axial precession, and it's effects over time. We've discussed it on this board. It's a shift in axial orientation rather than in the axis itself, though. There are other minor axial wobbles we know about. If something as massive as intermediate axial flips had occurred, it would be easily detectable in the geologic record. So intuitively, the supposed ECDO event(s) sounded like total BS. (and, as it turns out, it is)
But I'd never heard of Dzhanibekov Oscillations --- the basis of the ECDO event claim. So I looked it up, which was interesting.
In 1985, Soviet cosmonaut Vladimir Dzhanibekov demonstrated the effect aboard the Salyut-7 space station. He spun a wing nut off a screw. The wing nut was allowed to spin freely in place with no gravity or air resistance. The nut spun steadily, suddenly flipped, then continued spinning, then flipped again. The rotational oscillations or flips became known as the Dzhanibekov effect.
The Dzhanibekov effect is fascinating, but only occurs if all of a set of object conditions are met. The criterion are:
(a) Rigid solid body (No fluid flow, deformation, or internal friction)
(b) Free rotation (No external torques—no gravity gradients, no magnetic locking, no friction)
(c) Asymmetric shape (Three unequal principal moments of inertia)
(d) Rotation near the intermediate axis
* * * If any one of these conditions is violated, the effect disappears * * *
Dzhanibekov oscillations are inapplicable to Earth because:
(a) Earth is not a rigid solid body
(b) Earth is subject to external torques (sun, moon), massive internal friction, etc
(c) Earth symmetric in shape
(d) Earth does not rotate near an intermediate axis
So, in the instance of Earth, every one of the Dzhanibekov conditions is violated. i.e., No ECDO event ...
Dzhanibekov turns out to be an interesting instability of rigid-body rotation—but it applies to wrenches and wing nuts in space, not planets.
This post was edited on 1/4/26 at 5:17 am
Posted on 1/1/26 at 6:43 am to m2pro
Ok, get informed and then do what? This is beyond our control. There’s always a doomsday right around the corner.
Posted on 1/1/26 at 7:13 am to m2pro
Sorry bud, but there is zero evidence the Earths axis has significantly changed throughout the earth history. A wobble? Sure, but that is minor. On the flip side we have extensive evidence that the magnetic poles have switched over geologic time, which will have some impacts - mainly in our electronics and gps signals.
I could buy a conspiracy theory that we do not fully understand what these impacts would be to our electrical grids and satellite way of life, but to suggest the west coast will become a pole is ludicrous.
I could buy a conspiracy theory that we do not fully understand what these impacts would be to our electrical grids and satellite way of life, but to suggest the west coast will become a pole is ludicrous.
Posted on 1/1/26 at 7:13 am to LChama
Will this affect crawfish prices?
Posted on 1/1/26 at 7:19 am to Nado Jenkins83
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Will this affect crawfish prices?
Maybe the extra solar radiation will yield a larger species, which will certainly raise the price.
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