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Description: Start building your ideal daily routine with Fabulous. The first 100 people who click on the link will get 25% OFF Fabulous Premium: thefab.co/scishow6 You might have heard that Earth is due for a complete flip of its magnetic field. And while our planet does have a history of this behavior, predictions of when it might happen are too complex to estimate a date for. Hosted by: Michael Aranda SciShow is on TikTok! Check us out at tiktok.com/@scishow ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Tomás Lagos González, Sam Lutfi. Bryan Cloer, Christoph Schwanke, Kevin Bealer, Jacob, Jason A Saslow, Nazara, Tom Mosner, Ash, Eric Jensen, Jeffrey Mckishen, Matt Curls, Alex Hackman, Christopher R Boucher, Piya Shedden, Jeremy Mysliwiec, charles george, Chris Peters, Adam Brainard, Dr. Melvin Sanicas, Harrison Mills, Silas Emrys, Alisa Sherbow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: scishow-tangents.simplecast.com Facebook: facebook.com/scishow Twitter: twitter.com/scishow Instagram: instagram.com/thescishow #SciShow ---------- Sources: sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0040195118301963 academic.oup.com/gji/article/221/1/142/5602599 pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2017696118 nature.com/articles/s41598-020-69916-w pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31423490 sp.lyellcollection.org/content/424/1/265 sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0031920195030493 sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S167498711200103X iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1209/0295-5075/77/59001 nature.com/articles/ncomms12507 agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2003GC000635 agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/2017EA000280 bookshop.org/books/krakatoa-the-day-the-world-exploded-august-27-1883/9780060838591 climate.nasa.gov/ask-nasa-climate/3104/flip-flop-why-variations-in-earths-magnetic-field-arent-causing-todays-climate-change websites.pmc.ucsc.edu/%7Eglatz/geodynamo.html wtamu.edu/~cbaird/sq/2013/11/15/why-does-a-magnetic-compass-point-to-the-geographic-north-pole scientificamerican.com/article/earths-magnetic-field-reversal-took-three-times-longer-than-thought Image Sources: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NASA_54559main_comparison1_strip.gif flickr.com/photos/gsfc/4445502419 svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11700 istockphoto.com/vector/the-structure-of-the-world-that-is-divided-into-layers-to-study-the-core-of-the-gm1145028968-308067917 commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dynamo_Theory_-_Outer_core_convection_and_magnetic_field_geenration.svg commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Earth%27s_magnetic_field,_schematic.svg commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Terrestial_Planets_internal_en.jpg solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/2286/modeling-earths-magnetism commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elongated_Cobbles_in_Conglomerate_at_Funzie_Bay_in_Shetland_in_Scotland_-_Geograph_4982542.jpg commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ophiolite_suite_scheme.jpg commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Section_of_Samail_Ophiolite.jpg nasa.gov/feature/nasa-researchers-track-slowly-splitting-dent-in-earth-s-magnetic-field climate.nasa.gov/ask-nasa-climate/3104/flip-flop-why-variations-in-earths-magnetic-field-arent-causing-todays-climate-change commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tectonic_plates_boundaries_World_map_Wt_10degE_centered-en.svg commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Subduction.svg commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jordens_inre.svg svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4141 nature.com/articles/s41598-020-69916-w commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oceanic-continental_destructive_plate_boundary.svg shutterstock.com/image-vector/earth-magnetic-field-scientific-vector-illustration-1045945051 usgs.gov/media/images/geomagnetic-polarity-timescale istockphoto.com/vector/mock-up-screen-phone-gm1318420912-405555013 istockphoto.com/vector/realistic-vector-smartphone-illustration-gm1307030599-397427571