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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Purgatory
 
2007-04-23, 12:00

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Originally Posted by Chinney View Post
If it were the poles reversing, wouldn’t it be affecting other somewhat-related insect species as well, such as wasps? I’ve sure not noticed any lack of wasps over recent years.
The article mentions that ther number of other pollinators (wasps, birds, beetles, bats...) are dropping as well, but I'm still not convinced it has anything to do with the magnetic field. I've read various theories on the speed and possible effects of the reversal...everything ranging from an unnoticeable easing over a few millennia to "ZOMG we forgot to pay the gravity bill!" . An interesting thing that I didn't know until I read this article is the possibility of multiple poles popping up over the course of the reversal. I thought that was pretty cool.

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