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Strangely the article blames it on "solar storms", but there have been none lately. Could be a weakening Earth field due to the current geomagnetic excursion...
by graderjs 5y ago
Strangely the article blames it on "solar storms", but there have been none lately. Could be a weakening Earth field due to the current geomagnetic excursion...
- fogihujy 5y agoI was thinking the same thing. Does anyone know if there's any recent data on Earth's magnetic field, and which is publicly available?
- goodcanadian 5y agoThat seems to have been a random quote from a random individual. I would put exactly zero weight on it. Vague hand waving about weather is all I took away from the article. In other words, no one knows.
- datameta 5y agoPigeons are able to detect the earth's magnetic field and navigate by it. By occam's razor the disruption of that is a likely scenario.