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disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• veroxii@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  For now. It used to a few million years ago and will again in another few million.

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  • disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Are you referring to the magnetic pole switch? That happens every 200-1M years, according to patterns on the seafloor. It’s been estimated that the last reversal was 780,000 years ago, so it actually could be any day now.

    With that being said, I doubt that humanity will agree to turn all maps 180° to correspond.

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    • pacmondo@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I thought they were referring to the fact that under the ice its an archipelago, so if the ice melts it will have southern coasts again

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      • disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Valid point. It’s a shame humanity won’t be around to confirm. lol

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      • fishos@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        If it melts, they’d all be northern coasts.

        It’s referencing the pole swap.

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    • fogstormberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      the continental plate also migrates

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      • disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        At the rate of 1cm/yr

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    • veroxii@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I was referring to continental drift. Places move a lot in under 200 million years. Eg youtu.be/uLahVJNnoZ4

      So my post was a bit sarcastic that eventually it will have a coast but not on any time frame to matter to the human species. :)

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    • fossilesque@mander.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Laschamp event! I just edited a related wiki page.

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    • swab148@startrek.website ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Just flip it over lol

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• orphiebaby@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yeah, because you’ll off the bottom into space

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