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According to data compiled by the European Space Agency (ESA), the magnetic field of our planet that protects the Earth from huge emissions of deadly solar radiation in recent six months has significantly weakened /esoreiter.ru/. The biggest zones of weak points in a magnetic field formed over the West hemisphere at an altitude of about 600,000 kilometers above the surface Of the earth. However, at the same time, the magnetic field is significantly intensified over the southern region of the Indian Ocean. Specialists the investigators are not completely sure why magnetic the field is weakening in some zones of the Earth, and is intensifying in some. Many scientists suggest that the reason lies in the change of magnetic poles, which may come very soon. Rune Flaubergagen (ESA mission manager) sure that satellite data is actually indicate the movement of magnetic north towards Siberia. “The pole change has happened more than once in the past, but this event won’t happen instantly. The pole change process will take many hundreds, and maybe thousands of years, “says Rune. Once every few hundred thousand years, the magnetic poles change places, so changes in Earth’s magnetic fields are part of this completely normal cycle. However, recent data have shown that the Earth’s field begins to weaken much faster than it was before. Researchers believed the Earth’s field is weakening in a hundred years about 5 percent. New data showed that the magnetic field is actually getting weaker at level 5 percent for a decade. That is, the magnetic field of our planet weakens 10 times faster than scientists thought! Thus, the transition period may not be several thousand, but several hundreds of years. However, Rene is confident: “There are no significant evidence that the rapid weakening of the magnetic field can lead to the end of the existence of life on the planet. During last pole polarity there were no massive extinction due to radiation exposure. The only thing can suffer significantly – these are communication systems and electrical network. “Earth’s magnetic field acts like a giant invisible bubble that protects the planet from deadly space radiation. The magnetic field exists due to the fact that in the bowels Earth is a giant iron ball – its core, which surrounded by an outer layer of molten metal. Scientists have come to conclusion – the movement of molten metal is the main reason weakening of the magnetic field in certain territories of the earth surface.
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