Not a great time to buy coastal land.

[bigdrop05]

http://reference.aol.com/article?id=20060302121809990001


Some say it's just the cycle of Earth..I believe it's CARS,Factories for sure.
I don't think there is going to be any drastic changes in changing what we drive to hydrogen in the near future.
Meanwhile polar bears are wandering around looking for ice.

[fluff]

http://reference.aol.com/article?id=20060302121809990001


Some say it's just the cycle of Earth..I believe it's CARS,Factories for sure.
I don't think there is going to be any drastic changes in changing what we drive to hydrogen in the near future.
Meanwhile polar bears are wandering around looking for ice.
Why don't they just go to the fridge like normal folks?

[Andyman_1970]

There was a big article in last weeks Time magazine about this, the Greenland ice shelf is melting at an alarming rate evidently.......

[BurlyShirley]

I hope the poles swap!

[Tenchiro]

Come on, post apocalyptic future!

[-dustin]

I hope the poles swap!
does that mean i'll be walking on my hands?

[fluff]

does that mean i'll be walking on my hands?
Cultivating cocaine...

[Old Man G Funk]

Here's the WaPo take on the story:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/02/AR2006030201712.html

[Ciaran]

I hope the poles swap!
They're overdue for it.

[DaveW]

It's alright I'm sure that the whitehouse is still denying greenhouse warming/climate change... so we will all be ok cos they be truthful. ;) :thumb:

[Changleen]

I hope the poles swap!Not exactly overdue, but they are wobbling already.

[MMike]

We have wobbly poles?

[Changleen]

Yup. Magnetic north is not a constant direction.

Wikipedia:

The orientation of magnetic fields of planets can flip over, an event which is called a geomagnetic reversal. The Earth's poles have done this repeatedly throughout history, and 500,000 years ago, the south magnetic pole was at the South Pole. It is thought that this occurs when the circulation of liquid nickel/iron in the Earth's outer core is disrupted and then reestablishes itself in the opposite direction. It is not known what causes these disruptions. Proof of this can be seen at mid-ocean ridges where tectonic plates move apart, and the sea bed is filled in with magma. As the magma comes out of the mantle, the magnetic particles in it are attracted slightly to the North Pole, and when the poles switch, so does the direction in which the metallic elements face. Therefore, on the sea bed, parallel bands of alternating magnetic fields are found.

[Ciaran]

Yup. Magnetic north is not a constant direction.

Wikipedia:
I had a marine biology class in college where they discussed this. Very interisting stuff.