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veroxii@aussie.zone 6 months agoFor now. It used to a few million years ago and will again in another few million.
Comment on Woaaaaa
veroxii@aussie.zone 6 months agoFor now. It used to a few million years ago and will again in another few million.
disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 6 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.
pacmondo@sh.itjust.works 6 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
disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Valid point. It’s a shame humanity won’t be around to confirm. lol
fishos@lemmy.world 6 months ago
If it melts, they’d all be northern coasts.
It’s referencing the pole swap.
TheLorax@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Since it’s an archipelago underneath then most, if not all, of those islands would have a southern coast. The only way to not have a southern coast is to have the landmass directly on top of the pole, which could only happen for one island (if no ice is present)
fogstormberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 months ago
the continental plate also migrates
disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 6 months ago
At the rate of 1cm/yr
fogstormberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 months ago
veroxii@aussie.zone 6 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. :)
fossilesque@mander.xyz 6 months ago
Laschamp event! I just edited a related wiki page.
swab148@startrek.website 6 months ago
Just flip it over lol