lriv724@discuss.online to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 4 days agoHow long have you been hearing the phrase "we're in the end times"?message-squaremessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up1102arrow-down13
arrow-up199arrow-down1message-squareHow long have you been hearing the phrase "we're in the end times"?lriv724@discuss.online to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 4 days agomessage-square52fedilink
minus-squareMelatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 days agoI just learned today that the magnetic poles are gonna swap in the 2040s, so that’s my guess.
minus-squareMossy Feathers (She/They)linkfedilinkarrow-up7·4 days agoThey’re not swapping by 2040. Geomagnetic poles take an obscenely long time to swap; we’re talkin’ hundreds of thousands of years. What’s gonna happen by 2040 is that Earth’s geomagnetic “North” will line up with “true North”.
I just learned today that the magnetic poles are gonna swap in the 2040s, so that’s my guess.
They’re not swapping by 2040. Geomagnetic poles take an obscenely long time to swap; we’re talkin’ hundreds of thousands of years. What’s gonna happen by 2040 is that Earth’s geomagnetic “North” will line up with “true North”.
Ah. That’s more like it.