Don't miss our must-read newsletter Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Invalid EmailEarth's magnetic field can change ten times faster than previously thought, according to new research. British scientists have simulated its behaviour over the past 100,000 years - showing how it has influenced shifts in the magnetic field. Co author Dr Davies, from the school of earth and environment at Leeds University, said: "We have very incomplete knowledge of our magnetic field prior to 400 years ago. The convective flow of molten metal that forms the outer core generates the magnetic field. Recent research has found a few times every million years or so Earth's magnetic field reverses polarity.

Source: Daily Mirror July 06, 2020 13:32 UTC