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The north pole moved to the North Pole in a single human lifetime | Hacker News Reader

The north pole moved to the North Pole in a single human lifetime

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If the magnetic field protects us from the sun, then, when it shifts in some unexpected way, could that leave us unprotected?

Yes. There will be some impacts due to cosmic rays. A bit more detail here

https://phys.org/news/2018-12-earth-magnetic-poles-flip.html

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