[PDF] Secrets Of Earths Magnetic Field eBook

Author : Dennis Brooks
Publisher : Speedy Publishing LLC
Page : 55 pages
File Size : 41,5 MB
Release : 2015-03-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 168127485X

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The Old Theory Until now, there was only one theory regarding the source of Earth's magnetic field, which is the internal dynamo theory. This theory was accepted because it offered the best explanation at the time. Also, much research has been done to support the theory. According to the internal dynamo theory, a dynamo near the center of the planet generates the current that produces the magnetic field. This dynamo would be in the liquid outer core of the planet. It would produce the magnetic axis and project it from the planet. The axis would expand and spread the magnetic field around the planet. This theory also suggests that the internal dynamo is sustaining itself by using fuel from Earth's core. The internal dynamo theory has changed over the years. At first scientists thought that a bar magnet was in the center of the planet and the compass needle pointed to the poles of that magnet. This made perfect sense at the time because we can see that the same thing happens when we put a compass near a bar magnet. The Bar Magnet In The Sun image demonstrates the idea of the bar magnet theory. However, this example shows the bar magnet imbedded within the sun because just like the planets, the sun also has a magnetic field, which is more complex than Earth's magnetic field. Scientists have tried to use the internal dynamo theory to explain the magnetic fields of all the planets, some moons, and the sun. However, the old model does not work for the sun, moon, and other planets. The bar magnet concept lasted a long time as the main theory regarding the source of Earth's magnetic field. However, while trying to apply it to other cases, scientists found problems with the theory. Over the years, they discovered that a bar magnet could not hold magnetism above the temperature of 770 degrees centigrade because high heat destroys magnetism. This caused the theory to gradually evolve over time.

Author : Dennis Brooks
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,45 MB
Release : 1999-03
Category : Geomagnetism
ISBN : 9780741401649

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Researchers first thought a huge magnet ran through the planet. Next, they thought there was a dynamo in the inner core. Then, they thought a dynamo might exist in the outer core of the planet. Recently, scientists have been studying the dynamo that is found with every planet that has a magnetic field. This research has shown that the outer dynamo system is the source of the magnetic field. The magnetic field of each planet (Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune) is produced by the ring currents in the radiation belts. Each planet is a component of the dynamo system that produces the magnetic field.

Author : Gillian M. Turner
Publisher : The Experiment
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 50,56 MB
Release : 2011-01-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 1615190317

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Discusses the issues of geomagnetism, including why the Earth's magnetic north differs from its geographic north, how animals use geomagnetism for migration purposes, and the source of the magnetic field.

Author : Alanna Mitchell
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 32,80 MB
Release : 2018-01-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 1101985186

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The mystery of Earth's invisible, life-supporting power Alanna Mitchell's globe-trotting history of the science of electromagnetism and the Earth's magnetic field--right up to the latest indications that the North and South Poles may soon reverse, with apocalyptic results--will soon change the way you think about our planet. Award-winning journalist Alanna Mitchell's science storytelling introduce intriguing characters--from the thirteenth-century French investigations into magnetism and the Victorian-era discover that electricity and magnetism emerge from the same fundamental force to the latest research. No one has ever told so eloquently how the Earth itself came to be seen as a magnet, spinning in space with two poles, and that those poles have dramatically reversed many time, often coinciding with mass extinctions. The most recent reversal was 780,000 years ago. Mitchell explores indications that the Earth's magnetic force field is decaying faster than previously thought. When the poles switch, a process that takes many years, the Earth is unprotected from solar radiation storms that would, among other disturbances, wipe out much and possible all of our electromagnetic technology. Navigation for all kinds of animals is disrupted without a stable, magnetic North Pole. But can you imagine no satellites, no Internet, no smartphones--maybe no power grids at all? Alanna Mitchell offers a beautifully crafted narrative history of surprising ideas and science, illuminating invisible parts of our own planet that are constantly changing around us.

Author : J. A. Jacobs
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 40,30 MB
Release : 1994-11-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 0521450721

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This 1994 book examines how reversals of the Earth's magnetic field have played a major role in establishing plate tectonics and a geological time scale.

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Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 547 pages
File Size : 46,94 MB
Release : 1996-09-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 0080553206

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MAGNETIC FIELD OF THE EARTH

Author : Ronald T. Merrill
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 21,21 MB
Release : 2011-01-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 0226520536

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For the general public, magnetism often seems more the province of new age quacks, movie mad scientists, and grade-school teachers than an area of actual, ongoing scientific inquiry. But as Ronald T. Merrill reveals in Our Magnetic Earth, geomagnetism really is an enduring, vibrant area of science, one that offers answers to some of the biggest questions about our planet’s past—and maybe even its future. In a clear and careful fashion, he lays out the physics of geomagnetism and magnetic fields, then goes on to explain how Earth’s magnetic field provides crucial evidence for our understanding of continental drift and plate tectonics; how and why animals, ranging from bacteria to mammals, sense and use the magnetic field; how changes in climate over eons can be studied through variations in the magnetic field in rocks; and much more. Throughout, Merrill peppers his scientific account with bizarre anecdotes and fascinating details, from levitating pizzas to Moon missions to blackmailing KGB agents—a reminder that real science can at times be stranger, and more amusing, than fiction. A winning primer for anyone who has ever struggled with a compass or admired a ragged V of migrating geese, Our Magnetic Earth demonstrates that education and entertainment need not be polar opposites.