2012: Polar Shift. Many believe that the year 2012 will bring about the next polar shift. Basically, it is expected for the North and South Pole to change places. If you are looking for a scientific explanation for this occurrence, it would be that the Earth will start to rotate in the opposite direction as a result of some unknown catastrophic event.
For the most part, many believe that the Earths rotation is stable. There are those that believe otherwise.
History may provide clues into what can happen during the shift through ancient manuscripts and other writings.
A mass extermination of life is the best description.
Earth is made up of a solid core, layer of magma and then crust. The magma layer is one huge rotating donut. The magma layer is consistently being recharged by the sun thus providing earth with its magnetic field.
Some believe that the magnetic field has actually decreased by at least 60% during the last two thousand years.
If this is true, there will not be many more decades without a pole shift. No one exactly knows how this will happen or what the hazards will be. The Maya and Egyptians might have been the only ones to understand this all too well.
The Mayans had theories on the causes of pole switching which can be experimented with today.
One possible cause of reversal is a lightning strike. It may sound impossible but think about it, when lightning strikes a magnet, the magnetic field reverses.
Earth contains a bipolar magnet of its own. As with any bipolar magnet, there are two poles. Any short circuit within the field will result in the poles switching.
What could create a beam powerful enough to make the poles switch? A solar flare that results in beam from our sun can cause it. On occasion, our sun produces solar flares when the elements of the sun reach a certain point. If the elements were to reach an extremely critical level, the flare would result and the sun would reverse itself. Plasma clouds would be cast out into space along with a shockwave space matter that would eventually reach earth. It is believed by some that this will be the starting point for the polar shift.
This strike causes a short in our magnetic field.
Scientists can cause the poles of a magnet to change by firing large amounts of particles at the magnet. These particles get caught in the magnetic field and form a ring stream. As the stream increases in speed, the poles of the magnet reverse.
This experiment can be applied to the Earth as well. During a solar storm, the magnetic field can compress and speed up the power of the field.
All particles have a charge of their own, including solar particles. If enough of them were blasted toward the earth simultaneously, eventually they would reach magnetic lines at the equator and a ring stream would form.
The ring stream would build a magnetic field stronger than our own. It would take a solar flare hundreds times bigger than we have ever seen to create this effect.
It is believed by some, but not by all, that the flare will cause the poles to shift.
If the poles do shift, expect enormous destruction. Some people believe they need to be prepared for this. Given the facts it may be a good idea.
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