11-01-11 Why does the North Pole move?Scientists have long known that the magnetic pole moves.James Ross located the pole for the first time in 1831 after an exhausting arctic journey during which his ship got stuck in the ice for four years.No one returned until the next century.In 1904,Roald Amundsen found the pole again and discovered that it had moved--at least 50 km since the days of Ross.The pole kept going during the 20th century,north at an average speed of 10 km per year,lately accelerating "to 40 km per year," says Newitt.At this rate it will exit North America and reach Siberia in a few decades The Earth has several poles,not just two.It has geographic north and south poles,which are the points that mark the Earth's axis of rotation.It also has magnetic north and south poles,based on the planet's magnetic field.When you use a compass,it points to the magnetic north pole,not the geographic North Pole.The Earth's magnetic poles move. The magnetic North Pole moves in loops of up to 50 miles (80 km) per day.But its actual location,an average of all these loops,is also moving at around 25 miles a year [ref].In the last 150 years,the pole has wandered a total of about 685 miles (1102 kilometers).The magnetic South Pole moves in a similar fashion. Earths Magnetic Pole Shift Could it Cause the Mass Bird,Fish and Crab Deaths? Small animals are very sensitive.In the mining industry,Canaries have been used to tell if there is methane present in the air.If the bird fell off its perch,miners know they needed to get out of the mine fast or a methane explosion could happen momentarily.What are these die-offs telling us? Is there a pattern? Are they happening in certain regions or where Earth changes are happening deep within the crust? Dozens of bats found dead on east side Italy Mystery of mass animal death epidemic deepens after 8,000 turtle doves fall dead in Italy with strange blue stain on their beaks Tennessee:Flock Of Birds Found Dead In Wilson County Illinois:Dead Birds Reported by Residents in Southern Illinois Kentucky:KFWR official:Hundreds of dead birds found in Murray Sweden:Mysterious bird deaths hit Sweden Texas:Hundreds of dead birds discovered in E. Texas Sweden:Swedish birds 'scared to death':veterinarian China:BREAKING! Eagle and Birds fall from the sky in CHINA Kentucky:Women reports dozens of dead birds in her yard Louisiana:Hundreds of DEAD Black Birds Found In Louisiana Arkansas:For Arkansas Blackbirds,the New Year Never Came Germany:Dead birds of prey at the roadside Japan:Japan on alert after finding dead birds Caroline:Dead pelican count escalates Tucson:Nearly 70 dead bats found in Tucson Somerset UK:Mystery as scores of starlings found dead in village garden Thousands of dead birds fall out of the sky,North and South America Charleston: Thousands of dead fish wash up on Folly Beach Viet Nam:Tonnes of farm fish found dead Kent UK:40,000 dead crabs washed up on Kent coastline as UK is latest country to be hit by bizarre animal deaths Maryland:2 million fish found dead in Maryland Florida:Thousands Of Fish Dead In Spruce Creek Arkansas:100,000 drum fish die in Arkansas River, more than 100 miles from site of bizarre blackbird deaths Kent Island,MD:MDE:Fish Kill Caused By Cold Stress Brazil:Mysterious killing of fish in coastal Wales UK:UK.Dead fish discovered in canal marina near Abergavenny Haiti:Authorities probe dead fish in Haitian lake Australia:Dead fish clog lake at airport Indiana:Dead fish wash up on Washington Park beach Maryland:Unusual Fish Kill Found in Annapolis Italy Two miles of beach full of fish,clams and crabs dead in a stretch of coast Peterborough UK:Concern as fish die in beauty spot brook New Zealand:Hundreds of snapper dead on beaches These are undeniable facts which occured in a very short time,not only animals are effected also a more global effect are visible.Floods in Australia,Europea,USA,increasing level of earthquake activity in 2010,could well be a sign that Earth is on the verge of a dramatic global change |
