It happens 92,960,000 miles from earth. Every eleven years, the sun’s magnetic field changes polarity. North becomes south and south becomes north. Scientists expect the process to be complete in three to four months as it coincides with the period of maximum sun spots.
“It’s not going to be a problem,” Rice University astro-physicist Dr. Patricia Reiff told KTRH News, laughing. “There is no danger to humans.”
Scientists say the north pole has already changed and the south pole is racing to catch up.
“Occasionally we will get a period of increased numbers of geomagnetic storms. A geomagnetic storm can cause various effects on earth, including disruptions of satellite communications, it might cause a failure of a satellite, it might cause the loss of a satellite so that its orbit changes a little and you have to go hunt it up again. So there are various things that can happen as a result of geomagnetic storms, and they are much more likely to happen during this transition time when the magnetic field switches sides. That said, although it can be an inconvenience to lose your cable for a day or two, or in the case of 1989, Quebec lost all their power for 8 hours for 8 million people. But generally speaking, we are protected from the sun’s torments by both our magnetic field and our atmosphere, so generally speaking we don’t have too much to worry about.”