Reblog: Earth's shifting magnetic poles are confusing your phone

[potofsoup]

gingicat posted: Earth's shifting magnetic poles are confusing your phone

Earth’s Shifting Magnetic Pole May be Confusing Your Cell Phone

Earth’s magnetic field is acting up and geologists don’t know why

Comments

[emyrys]

the shifting of the earth's magnetic pole weirds me out on a deep level. I don't know why, it just has since I first heard about it.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[potofsoup]

Yeah, it's one of those "earth is profoundly weird" things

[havocthecat]

I mean...it just does that every now and again?

[potofsoup]

yup! I guess what's interesting to me is whether it's happening faster than the last time it happened, and how it'll impact human civilization.