Expert: Ed - 2/18/2008

Question
I have done my work and have maps showing that neither the artic nor antartic are in their circles. The artic direction is to northern russia. The antartic magnetic pole is towards Australia. Since speed is increasing now, what do you think will happen?  THANK YOU< STEPHANY

Answer
Stephany,

From what I have read, not even people who have been studying this stuff for decades really know what will happen.  I'm sorry, but I just don't know.  I could make a guess, but it would basically be like writing science fiction.  Sorry...

Here are some links you could study, but it sounds like you probably already know more than what is posted on them...  

By the way, be careful what websites you believe.  One of the ones I have placed below is from NASA, and another is from PBS.  The Space.com one is good too.  But any website that has the phrase "Earth Changes" is probably something to be careful with.  I have seen some of them, and they seem to rely quite a bit on psychics, and Mayan prophecies.  Those things might possibly be true, but they aren't SCIENCE.  So, just be careful.

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/earth_poles_040407.html

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/magnetic/timeline.html

http://image.gsfc.nasa.gov/poetry/ask/amag.html

I hope this is helpful.  Keep Looking Up!
--Ed