Would it happen?

Question

ok i was at school yesterday doin about magnets and i learne the south pole and the north pole of the earth was magnetic and thats why compasses point that way but then later on i learned that its what spins the world on its axis THEN later i learnt magnets can be broken bye heat so my question is if global warming melts the ice caps and it gets real hot would this interfere with the worlds magnetic field and stop the world spinning causing the destruction of the world?

Answer 1

No, but you might want to suggest that theory to Al Gore. He may be having trouble coming up with ways to scare people.

Answer 2

nope.

Answer 3

Not it will not, but the way this is a interesting question, not like what other said as a stupid question.

Answer 4

No.

The magnetic field is not the cause of Earth's spinning, it's the effect of the Earth's spinning.

The Earth's spinning (and that of all the planets, stars, and even galaxies) comes from its' earliest formation, when material falling together by gravity, naturally fell in a spiral.

Before global warming gets hot enough to destroy magnets, our agriculture will be in ruins, and our coastal cities flooded.  3 or 4 degrees of warming will cause that, it takes much more to destroy magnets.

We'll be fixing this long before 4 degrees.  The question is will we start soon enough to avoid some very unpleasant stuff.

Answer 5

As long as the polar bears survive, nothing else matters

Answer 6

No.

Magnetic pole of the Earth drifts so it will eventually change.   As for stopping the rotation, no way

Answer 7

hey drew yea u answered one of my questions ok well um dear shes my cousin!!! hooked on chronics shouldnt be teaching u to read! and she asked me not that its any of your d**n business jerk

Answer 8

The Earth's magnetic field does NOT cause the Earth to rotate on its axis.

Nobody knows exactly how the Earth's magnetic field is created, but most theories say it is due to molten iron at the core combined with the Earth's spin that causes it. So the spin causes the magnetic field, not the magnetic field causing the spin. You got it backward. And the field depends on the iron in the core being molten hot, at thousands of degrees. And anyway, it is deep in the core and not effected by the surface weather at all.

Answer 9

It's not a dumb question because the Earth's magnetic poles have changed in the past and will in the future. It wouldn't happen the way you state, though. As far back as it's recorded polar north has been where it is now and if it drifted that wouldn't mean the end of life.

We're protected by the atmosphere, layers of magnetism from the iron core of the Earth and the Sun's electromagnetic field, and it's self-regulating. We couldn't change it even if we tried. What could melt both ice caps is if the Earth's axis points moved, so that what is now the equator was at a pole, the poles moving to the equator.  That would be devastating but eventually a new equilibrium would be set and the ice caps would form at the new poles.

It's not as if the 'weight' of the ice at either pole can change this, the Earth is floating in space after all and the amount of ice at one pole or the other has no effect on that and can't change the poles or cause the Earth to suddenly change axis points.

Answer 10

Do you have any idea how hot the Earth's core is?

http://volcano.und.edu/vwdocs/vwlessons/...

Quote: - "The Earth's Crust is like the skin of an apple. It is very thin in comparison to the other three layers. The crust is only about 3-5 miles (8 kilometers) thick under the oceans(oceanic crust) and about 25 miles (32 kilometers) thick under the continents (continental crust). The temperatures of the crust vary from air temperature on top to about 1600 degrees Fahrenheit"

1600 degrees just 3-5 miles deep under the ocean can heat the oceans which effects the El Nino/La Nina drivers for ALL the Earth's weather.

The 'convection currents' of magma flow will also affect the magnetism of earth - as well as the emissions of the SUN called "Interplanetary Magnetic Field"

Convection Currents:

http://volcano.und.edu/vwdocs/vwlessons/...

Interplanetary Magnetic Fields;

http://www.spaceweather.com/

Answer 11

global warming is destroying the ozone layer so it would destroy the polar ice caps soo if we dont want to die then we have to put away the oils and gases and be more in touch with nature  

if the world stopped spinnin  everythin would fly off the walls and that is completly unlikely because of the gravitational field of earth and the other planets

Answer 12

no!!!

thats dumb.

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