What the Upcoming Geomagnetic Reversal Will Do to Earth 

“When things go south” - that’s the most appropriate science pun ever!

There’s no point in being worried about something you don’t have any control over , Be aware of it and informed that’s all you can do.

The idea that this happens in regular intervals sheds so much light on the many ancient underground "cities" that have been found. Derinkuyu, Turkey is a great example. If radiation is deadly and the climate is volatile, it makes sense why people would seek safety in caves and underground.

When this topic is discussed, one thing often overlooked is that it is not only our planet's magnetic field which changes over time, but our sun's position during it's travels around the galactic disc, a journey which takes 230 Million Years. The cosmic environment our solar system moves through changes dramatically, and most species of life has not yet completed a single revolution - including our own. We are currently in the Local Bubble, a cooler, less dense and less harsh environment in terms of cosmic radiation than the space outside it. Our star, our planet, we humans and our technology will on very short cosmic time scales, experience a galactic environment that we never have before. When people say "Life has survived many such reversals.", this is a very casual statement, as it ignores the full spectrum of time and space. Humanity has never experienced a magnetic reversal outside the mild environment the local bubble provides. Compression of the heliosphere, an increase in the amount of gas, dust and radiation making it deeper into the solar system - the rise is cosmic dust density has already been detected - these in conjunction with a weakening of the magnetic field would dramatically change how severe it's impact would be. There are details here which are too cumbersome to go into in a Comments section, but I encourage anyone who is interested in this topic to do some research, especially reading the relevant academic papers. This is not something which we will only feel the impact of on time scales of millions of years, nor even hundreds of thousands, some estimates predict as early as 500 to 5000 years. It is a truly fascinating prospect - can humanity grasp the concept of an unavoidable harmful circumstance it simply cannot avoid, so far into the future, but not so far as to be completely beyond what we can consider something we should not prepare for. Climate change, asteroid impacts, super-volcanos are one thing, but this is something else entirely.

Dude there is only so much I can worry about.

Its like when he speaks he smiles.

It has begun and is accelerating. The ship's compass downstairs used to point to 11 degrees East (the announced magnetic declination for this area). Today, it points to 349 degrees West.

When you can see aurora activity in southern Arizona, it's a sign that we're in for a bumpy ride. If it happens in our lifetime, we will see massive changes in the environment, including increased volcanic activity and severe weather. I highly doubt the "professional" scientific apparatus will be wholly forthcoming as they will be strictly controlled to prevent civil unrest. The independent scientific community has been on top of this for quite some time, and even the best guesses paint a pretty stark picture.

Thank you for your balanced and reasonable approach to an explosive topic among space watchers and preppers. The scariest aspect is the blackout conditions where no one will know what the hell has happened and what that is leading to. Depending on who your neighbors are, this could be intolerable. Either way, it will bring out the best and the worst of Human Nature.

I'm rooting for the simultaneous magnetic field reversal, solar flare, local supernova, supervolcano eruption and meteor strike.

Apparenty the 2 mile tidal wave means we will have very little to worry about when/if it comes. Probs gonna be over pretty quick.

CERN is playing with something more dangerous then worrying about the magnetic field.

Life has survived MANY such reversals. Mass extinction events don't necessarly allign with them, but with other events. However, the effect on our technology is worrying

We've been seeing aurora borealis in areas much further south than usual.

This video in a nutshell: "We might be facing a big extinction event soon. Actually, it might not be that big. Actually, it might not even happen. But death looms above us all so make sure to talk to a therapist."

"What truly happens when things go south?" That gave me a good chuckle.

On the topic: There were aurorae observed in the East Balkan Peninsula a week ago. Southern Romania, Northern Bulgaria near the Black Sea.

PSA: Original title was "Earth's Magnetic Field Will Collapse", now changed to "What the Upcoming Geomagnetic Reversal Will Do to Earth" //edit: given the heated discussion in the comments, I will add that I don't think changing the title to improve engagement is necessarily a bad thing. Neither of the titles was excessive clickbaiting imho. I just wanted to ensure transparency by posting this comment.

Another great vid. Your voice is great for voice overs! A few points, as an amateur vaguely following this topic... first, I am pretty sure it was one of your earliest videos you discussed the fact Venus had no known magnetic field yet it's atmosphere was still not stripped away due to a level of protection from interactions with solar particles in the upper atmoshere. This really stuck with me as a factor we might want to consider when our field flips and it MIGHT not be so sever if we have a similar interplay. Second.. the oldest tree, and the only survivor of the last flip was found a few years back petrified in a New Zealand bog.. so far it reveals the effects might not have been that severe. There is some thinking early humans may have taken cover for the last event.. maybe even related ancient cave complexes that have been found, like in Turkey (not those specifically). Finally.. I am curious about the role the remnants of Theia at the core/mantel boundary play in all this. Above all.. I would like to see us take data protection /hardening seriously. We are leaving ourselves wide open atm

The graphics and explanation really helped demonstrate the point. (BTW your compass actually points to earth’s southern pole). Just in case we shift any time soon, Cheers and thanks for such a great channel.

It has already begun. This is why we are seeing spectacular aurora so far south with mild excitement from flares. Also the poles have moved more in past couple decades than past few hundred years.

Super interesting, I did know of the pole reversal phenomenon, but didn't know much about it. Your videos are in the top tier of science videos for clarity & graphics that make it possible for those of us with great interest but little background to understand some fairly complicated concepts. My elderly brain thanks you for your role in keeping it chugging along!

Just so we are clear. The Northern lights or Aurora are now being seen at lower latitudes frequently during moderate Sun activity. This is cause for alarm as our shields are increasingly weaker now. This type of activity didn't use to reach these lower latitudes it was held up in the North areas and only strong events on the Sun were seen in lower latitudes. Like you said it's a slow roll and everyone hang on. Improvise,adapt, overcome a whole lot of us are already attempting this. The planet will still be here it's just a matter of livability, will there be clean water and air to breathe?

Eyes open. No fear.

Suspicious Observers channel has a lot of info on it.

“Should we be worried?” Not unless we could do anything about it 🤷🏽‍♂️

I get freaked out at the thought of this. I think about all the poor people who have suddenly been caught in tsunamis, or other natural disasters. I cannot imagine what it must be like and to think that nobody thinks it will happen to them but, none of us are exempt and really, we can only make the best of our lives and pray we die peacefully 🙏 You just never know when your time is up, it’s so easy to take it for granted while thinking you don’t….. It breaks my heart the amount of suffering people have gone through in this journey of life, we are so vulnerable even when speeding around in our cars trusting we’re all following the rules…… It’s good to stop and think about it but, no point fretting when you cannot stop it! May anyone reading this live a fruitful life and have a pain free death ❤ (in fact may everyone who isn’t reading this have that too) peace ☮️

Congratulations, the animations are very well done.

"Yeah dude, those big... meaty... tasty... Australian megafauna were totally killed by a magnetic field reversal!" Said the bipedal spear throwing murder machine.

I was confused when i saw this video on my feed. I saw the thumbnail and read the title and just assumed it was a Suspicious0bservers post lol. Which i am also subscribed too, even if i don't accept everything he has to say, he still posits some interesting information.

What do you think about the idea of a 12,000 year cycle vs 780,000 years? Seems to explain a lot of more recent cataclysmic events.

To understand what drives the flip, look up the Dzhanibekov effect. The mantle is known to have plumes of solid material and if you look at the best mapping of them, it definitely looks like a primary cylinder with a protrusion that would cause such an instability of spin.

Jeeeeezzzzzz! Rogue meteor and comet impacts move over. Fascinating topic. As usual, extremely well done.

Eyes open. No fear. Be safe everyone

The North lights have been crazy lately too.

We have no way of knowing the full results of such a thing happening but I honestly believe that the worst thing will be that the red end of a compass needle will now point south. I'm not sure how delicate electronics will be effected but all we can do is hope. I always said that there is no sense worrying about something that we have no control over.

Thanks Alex! Loved this episode. Please do others concerning our protective magnetic field. Greetings from Vienna!

South Atlantic anomaly is an area where the magnetic field is weak and radioactive particles from the sun are very high. On the Iridium satellite project we had to build and test our electronics to survive in the south Atlantic anomaly. One of the things that happens is the radioactive particle flip memory bits in dram chips so we had a scrubber circuit that would read and error correct all the memory words, cycling through every word of memory, several times per second ...

Ahhh finally you agree I'm pretty sure I recall a pole reversal denial video 😉

They have large colliders in Switzerland, and they want to build an even larger one. I can’t help but wonder what they’re going to do with a magnet over 50 km in diameter.

Excellent Alex for this super great episode. Your inclusions of results from peer-reviewed published works, scientific simulations, and 3D animations (with detailed references) make the topic understandable. Awesome!

The animals and birds of late flying and walking in nearly perfect circles for days have perplexed people! I think because the birds and animals have a built in need and sensitivity to magnetic fields for navigation, the moving of the magnetic poles have put them in a state of confusion on direction and the walking in circles is a means to orientate themselves to the changes in our magnetic poles and various fields around the world!!

Supervolcano, comet swarms and CMEs are on my “next decade bingo”

It is amazing that we cling to our position and find good reason and material to shore it up when it is just one of many theories...!

Awesome video! One of the few science based channels that are worth watching! Thank you. Perhaps you could look into a video about the sun and its influence on our communication on earth? CMEs, solar cycles, solar flares, geomagnetic storms, all influence the ionosphere which in turn influences the propagation of radio signals on earth and thus our communication and navigation.

I absolutely LOVE your videos. So much information, in such detail, but in a way that's easy to understand. I have to ask though, Do you dream in Calculus? 😂

Is this possibly because of past interplanetary play? The wobble throws itself off-kilter every once in a while because it was disrupted long ago, and it can no longer hold itself perfectly balanced. It's like a vibrational scar. A memory of past actions. Something got so close, it flipped the magnet - like we've seen small ones do to each other many times - and when it left, the whole thing was sent spinning; occasionally repeating the flip due to vibration and equilibrium needs.

Yep definitely seen these videos over ten years ago. It must have happened at least 60 times by now

By the way, your podcast versions of the videos are awesome! You have a great calming narrating voice. Hope to continue listening

Glad you discussed this phenomenon and educated us. I have heard about the long overdue flip, but I also worry about how it will affect the planet.

We are 160 years into the current magnetic reversal.

We already entered this process, the Creative Society has so many videos explaining it from different views - recent earthquakes in Turkey, Syria, Morocco, Afghanistan have direct connection with this phenomenon

I like Ben from Suspicous Observers he goes through loads and loads of this stuff and his evidence shows the pole flips are more like every 12k year 6k mini excursions and the 12k are acumpanied by micro-nova and noas ark level ocean movments. I think you could learn alot from him.. i love the video but its lacking level of detail Ben's videos have.

I appreciate that fact that we are living in a time where we understand and have equipment to forewarn and help us deal with the effects from previously unknown things like this

It may be wise to prepare shelters like buildings with a grounded steel roof in polar areas above or below 60 degrees north or south as 40,000 years ago there was not ozone thinners emitted in to the atmosphere from production of CFCs and non-stick pans. Even reduced farm production can wreck havoc on growth dependant societies like the Aztecs. With that said we are very adaptable unlike the wild kingdom but we can adapt that too!

Pole reversal is one thing. Earth crust displacement is everything. That's so beyond appalling, that it's better to think it's impossible. There's enough ancient texts alluding to the results of such a thing. If it wasn't a thing. Why would anyone get the idea of making something like that up and carving the story on to stone?

Another great video with stunning images and your usual excellent narration.

I'm looking forward to it. Its good for a change once and a while.

Excellent reporting…I was hoping you would’ve mentioned how the earths core has been slowing down and perhaps even stopped earlier this year and began to reverse itself… how dangerous to our magnetic field has this event become?

1:48 was such a missed opportunity for the line "What happens when north goes south?"

It's already happening now. Mavstar observatory is tracking it: This year it reached the 40* mark, after which it's expected to rapidly accelerate... it froze in place for a few months and is now on track to accelerate its migration even more rapidly. Still a good chance of it partly happening this year, next year will definitely see much more.

Well researched and beautifully balanced presentation. True science (which is only our best guess, after all). Thank you and keep it coming.

😊 thank you for sharing

Question, what involvement does the moon have on the Earths balance, rotation , the magnetic fields.?

Thanks for doing an episode, on what looks to be another period of increased wandering and reduced strength; all since the 1859, " Carrington Event " which may well be the start of another serious reduction in Earth's field strength; precipitating; climate changing at continental and local level events. A series of uncontrollable outcomes: possibly volcanic or tectonic events that exposes all life to increased danger of coastal inundation, emergence or subducence. Not to mention a possible catastrophic rise in solar particles, with good old mutagenic, Cosmo rays, man!

No, problem, I'm ready. I just plugged in everything upside-down

Life is a process clearly created within the environment in which it exists. So these flips are not a killer of life but a shuffle of elements then life then creates life that can exist in that environment. Life is a constant exercise of existing life’s to adapt to this so, life isn’t in danger just our specific brand of it. I wish our life could grasp that we not only don’t control but can’t we are not that smart and never will be. Fear of what we can’t control is pointless, zombies and vampires worry me more and we have just as much control over it as this magnetic stuff. Thanks for creating something for people to worry about then providing a sponsor of professional help to control the stress of life you just introduced. Ahhh full circle create fear of something uncontrollable then create solution to manage fear then introduce new fear then solution. The mental fucked up merry go round I’m so glad your here to help!

If it flips it flips. I dont know why everyone assumes its a crust shift. I always thought its more likely that the actual magnet (the core) is what flips. Whatever causes a magnetic shift would be acting on the actual magnetic portion of said object right? As far as I know big magnets act just like small ones, why would the Earth be any different?

1:26 "Should we be worried?" I don't see any reason to worry about anything we can't change. Remember Monty Python's _Galaxy_ song. The planet will do what it will do according to the physics and materials it consists of. We're just along for the ride.

Try an interval of about 12k years for spacing of magnetic excursions!

As a long time observer, and avid student of catastrophism, metaphysics, catastrophic selection, the 12,048 yr. Universal Nova Cycle, multidimensional reality, galactic resets aka galactic superwaves, and planetary core dynamics via etheric information from cosmological forces of magnetism, laws of attraction, create static electricity, then alchemy, then life went ballistic in diversification... viola! as was good, till the 6,000 year cycle came. Billions of years is a futile way to measure creation.

Very interesting. Have known about this reversal phenomenon for decades and that it also happens with the sun. Didn't realize, but should have, about the weakening of the field.

Reminds me of that chart my geology professor showed us in 2003 where climate change was correlated to the magnetic field of Earth. That was back when scientists were still able to question things

Been comming for 780,000 years! Let's get excited as it may not happen for another 500,000 years!!!

Obviously the poles will move back to Poland 🇵🇱.

Great work mate So educational and entertaining Thanks

read up on this around 5-7 yrs ago and it's great to see a relatively "new science" expanding. most of what it's based on is theories and that's the wild west of science, the great expansion pushes on

One would think, regardless of the thinness of the crust, subduction, abduction and movements of the tectonic plates would affect the flow in some small part.

so, is our internal spiral iron core splitting into two lumps causing an offset mass. Once the split completes, the parts race opposing each other to reform with its polar equivalent at the other end. Your science says the North Pole is racing out of synch with the Magnetic Pole moving fastly towards the Russian side of the North Pole. Another story I read said the South Pole is out of synch. If "LIKE POLES ATTRACT", then the out of synch south should race north to combine and the North Like Pole racing south.

There was a recent study that found the speed of the spinning core has slowed down enough that it is slower that the spinning surface of Earth, effectively making it seem to spin backwards. That’s how you change poles with a dynamo, reverse the direction of spin.

Did you make anything only about Magnetars, if you did i can't find it. I did see that you had one about Neutron Stars about 4 years ago, but not one only about Magnetar. Its a subject that interests me extremely a lot. I like watching your videos, great work. Magnetism/gravity have always interested me.

The ozone does get repaired by large volcanic eruptions, as gases sent up into the stratosphere, do help to fill in the ozone. I'm surprised that the electromagnetic lay lines were not mentioned in the documentary!

🥶, it's like that movie with Jeff Fahey about the reverse of the poles

Is this why the big magnetic storm a week ago made bright RED northern lights all over the planet. Crazy red aurora.. never I seen in my life.

If the reversals were really apocalyptic, life would already not exist on this planet. It has happened at least 40 times in the last 10million years. It is possible that we get really unlucky and a massive, well directed solar flare hits at the wrong time but it is unlikely.

I'm actually really looking forward to this. Finally something bad that will happen where there is no possible way that humanity can be blamed for it.

Go with the flow. We are all going to die one way or the other. So chill and embrace it whenever it happens. It is not happening in our life time.

Awesome to see more people talking about the pole shift. Suspicious observer is another RU-vid channel on this subject

Geologists and others often talk in epochs, they can assume change only happens at a glacial pace - well, sometimes it does - and sometimes it doesn't - even a Carrington Event striking, say the Eastern Seaboard of USA or Strasbourg or Beijing - or the entire Northern Hemisphere would be devastating... There have been a couple papers about the current state of play, but with so little interest, investment or research, I for 1 think we have reason to be concerned, if not suspicious! Stay safe Everyone!

Love this channel!

Because there is rotational inertia within the earth’s uneven layers, the pole reversal can be explained by what we know as the Dzhanibekov effect. The same can be said with most planets as well as the sun. That’s the reason the sun has sunspot cycles.

The field lines follow the path of least resistance. The giant globs of metallic magma located in the mantle can slowly creep along, causing the poles to shift.

So timely that we are starting to transition to electric power more and more

Well, there's NOTHING that any of us can do about it. Soo NO reason to get all freaked out!! Just live ur life. ❤❤❤

Start stocking up on spf 100 sunscreen.

The real problem is how long the reversal takes. If it's instant then your compass points south and any computer software using GPs will need changing but that can be planned for. If it's a drawn out process then I need to consult my crystal ball.

NASA have done experiments on the space station where they float a spinning sphere, and they regularly flip directions of spin. Veritasium (I think) has done a video on this. It’s a known, but unexplainable, physical phenomenon.

We are amazing survivors of many catastrophic events. Live for today!

Astounded that humanity takes so much from earth . Oil , metals, gases, coal , precious metals trees, animal, vegetable and doesn't expect the earth to change . As soon as the trees go we are doomed . Plant trees now .

Combine magnetic anomalies and a well lined up CMB to fry mostly Oz and little else.