Sentences with phrase «magnetic poles swapping»
Not exact matches
Deposits from fires set by farmers centuries ago reveal that Earth's magnetic field dramatically weakened in the past without actually flipping — suggesting that current field weakening might not necessarily lead to a pole swap either.
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Which could account for our planet's weird history of magnetic field reversals, with north and south poles swapping places.
Correction: This article has been updated to correct the frequency with which the north and south poles of Earth's magnetic field swap places.