If you don't want to be terrified, then please don't search the internet to find out if

the Earth's magnetic poles are reversing and what terrible planetary destruction it will

cause.

Well, spoiler alert, things on the internet aren't always true.

Today, we're going to find out the reality of whether the Earth's magnetic poles do actually

reverse.

How it happens and what happens to life on Earth if anything when it does.

That's all right now on Skeptoid.

You're listening to Skeptoid.

I'm Brian Dunning from Skeptoid.com when the Earth's magnetic field flips.

When the alternative science community began predicting a global apocalypse in 2012, some

placed the blame on an unexpected reversal of the polarity of Earth's magnetic field.

This they said would cause unprecedented superstorms, volcanoes and earthquakes, and would

put an end to human civilization as we know it.

The newspaper Salem News said,

The metaphysics and pseudoscience website Gaia claims that recent dolphin and whale

beechings were caused by an imminent pole reversal, which causes, quote, great disruptions for

life on our planet.

But not to worry, they offer a paid video called Flower of Life promising to yoga you out of this mess.

Info Wars says scientists are baffled by an impending field reversal and warns,

We do not currently know when this will happen next, but it will have dramatic consequences for humanity

when it does.

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