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• disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ 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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ 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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

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

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    • fishos@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

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

      It’s referencing the pole swap.

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      • TheLorax@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ 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)

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  • fogstormberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    the continental plate also migrates

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    • disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      At the rate of 1cm/yr

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      • fogstormberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

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  • veroxii@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ 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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Laschamp event! I just edited a related wiki page.

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  • swab148@startrek.website ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Just flip it over lol

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