{"id":10732,"date":"2020-05-30T16:34:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-30T23:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/BigJimIndustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=10732"},"modified":"2020-06-20T16:38:38","modified_gmt":"2020-06-20T23:38:38","slug":"earth-splitting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2020\/05\/30\/earth-splitting\/","title":{"rendered":"Earth Splitting?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/mysterious-anomaly-weakening-earth-s-magnetic-field-seems-to-be-splitting-into-two\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">from Science Alert<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Mysterious Anomaly Weakening Earth&#8217;s Magnetic Field Seems to Be Splitting&nbsp;<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>by PETER DOCKRILL<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/images\/2020-05\/processed\/010-esa-south-atlantic-anomaly-0_1024.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/Applications\/Observing_the_Earth\/Swarm\/Swarm_probes_weakening_of_Earth_s_magnetic_field\" target=\"_blank\">(Division of Geomagnetism, DTU Space)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>New satellite data from the European Space Agency (ESA) reveal that the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/something-mysterious-under-southern-africa-dramatically-weakening-earth-s-magnetic-field-south-atlantic-anomaly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mysterious anomaly<\/a>\u00a0weakening Earth&#8217;s magnetic field continues to evolve, with the most recent observations showing we could soon be dealing with more than one of these strange phenomena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/South_Atlantic_Anomaly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">South Atlantic Anomaly<\/a>\u00a0is a vast expanse of reduced magnetic intensity in Earth&#8217;s magnetic field, extending all the way from South America to southwest Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since our planet&#8217;s magnetic field acts as a kind of shield \u2013 protecting Earth from solar winds and cosmic radiation, in addition to determining the location of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/russia-is-stealing-magnetic-north-from-canada-and-this-could-be-what-s-behind-it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the magnetic poles<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 any reduction in its strength is an important event we need to monitor closely, as these changes could ultimately have significant implications for our planet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/mysterious-anomaly-weakening-earth-s-magnetic-field-seems-to-be-splitting-into-two\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">click to continue reading at Science Alert<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from Science Alert The Mysterious Anomaly Weakening Earth&#8217;s Magnetic Field Seems to Be Splitting&nbsp; by PETER DOCKRILL New satellite data from the European Space Agency (ESA) reveal that the\u00a0mysterious anomaly\u00a0weakening Earth&#8217;s magnetic field continues to evolve, with the most recent observations showing we could soon be dealing with more than one of these strange phenomena. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weirdness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10732\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}