Why Earth's Magnetic Field Matters 🌍: Understanding Its Changes and Impact

Discover the importance of Earth's magnetic field, how it shifts over time, and what it means for navigation, technology, and our planet's future.

Why Earth's Magnetic Field Matters 🌍: Understanding Its Changes and Impact
European Space Agency, ESA
3 views β€’ Aug 19, 2015
Why Earth's Magnetic Field Matters 🌍: Understanding Its Changes and Impact

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Earth's magnetic field is continuously changing. Magnetic north wanders, and every few hundred thousand years the polarity gradually flips, so that a compass would point south instead of north. <br /><br />This is the second of three videos:<br />Magnetic field: an introduction: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7nhgX0ppek<br />Magnetic field: why it matters<br />Magnetic field: learning more with Swarm http://youtu.be/Wn-BV9Zp8Pk

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Aug 19, 2015

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