Reversed Polarity Event-Earth's GeoMagnetic Field

Reversal of Earth's Geomagnetic Polarity and the Piezoelectric Effect

Many “end of the world” scenarios have been postulated over time. A recently popular one is that of the planet's poles shifting or reversing themselves, with predictably catastrophic results. But this theory is not just the stuff of grade B horror flicks—it has happened.

Periodically the Earth's geomagnetic polarity has been found to reverse itself, at irregular intervals, something on the order of every million years or so.

Cobb Mountain, in northern California, where I live, was the site of one such event. Labeled the Cobb Mountain Reverse Polarity event, this occurred a little more than a million years ago.

The nature of this phenomenon is poorly understood. Measurements have shown that the the strength of Earth's geomagnetic field gradually weakens prior to such events, although more sudden reversals have also been postulated. To use the most simple analogy, it appears the Earth's “battery” periodically runs down—the ultimate energy crisis! What to do? We certainly don't want a dead battery of a planet. It would pose an enormous waste disposal problem, for one thing.

Fortunately, creation accommodates itself by the phenomenon known as the piezoelectric effect, which is the ability of certain materials, normally considered to be nonconducting, to produce a voltage when subjected to mechanical stress. Typical examples of materials which exhibit this property include quartz crystals and ceramics (clay hardened by intense heat) – in other words, common materials which comprise much of Earth.

Tectonic plate activity seems to be responsible for the existence of the Earth's geomagnetic field (GMF). Therefore, it seems reasonable to assume that tectonic plate activity must necessarily periodically reverse its direction in order for the geomagnetic field to be restored to a state of relative, although reversed, normality. Of course, this is a summation effect— the result of the combined seismic activity of the entire planet at any given point in time. It should be a relatively simple matter to simulate this thesis as a computer program, which would provide some mechanistic support for the proposition.

How does this thinking differ from previous conceptions of the GMF? It is generally believed that the Earth has a “stable” GMF. I believe this concept is faulty. Not only do I believe it to be false, but also that it is impossible.

The GMF is a result of the inherent instability of the Earth's crust, primarily the structure of the lithosphere, which comprises the outer 100 miles or so of the Earth's crust. This in turn is influenced by deeper subterranean events which remain largely unexamined. Without instability, i.e. seismic activity, there would be no piezoelectric force generated. The “battery” would be dead indeed.

Albert Einstein, apparently as far back as 1905, puzzled over the nature of the GMF. The geodynamic theory was developed, which attempted to explain the existence of the GMF based on principles of heat exchange and fluid shifts. Einstein himself held the answer in his hands, yet he couldn't see it. He was even awarded the Nobel Prize for it! But it remained in his “blind spot”; his assumed knowledge blocked the acquisition of new knowledge. He was literally “looking in the light” (in energetic terms) for something when instead he needed to be looking in the “dark” (the world of form, of matter) to find it. It would seem that the relative movement of matter generates energy, the piezoelectric effect, and gives rise to the GMF.

Further, it has been predicted that the next polarity reversal will occur somewhere around
3000-4000 C.E. Based on geophysical data. Humanity's activities, particularly the use of fossil fuels and the destructive changes in our environment, appears to have accelerated this process. Can biological life as it currently exists survive this event? Is global warming the first event leading up to the reversal of geomagnetic polarity, which will come with a massive amount of solar radiation, in addition to the thermal up-regulation of the planetary thermostat? I think it is pretty clear that this is going to occur, and it will be sooner rather than later. I predict that, with the remarkable improvement in the health of many people in current generations, that some people living today will survive to see this cataclysmic event take place, along with the generations yet to come.

The photon explosion from our own life-sustaining sun alone will likely destroy all life forms in the absence of the protection of the GMF which currently shields us, unless the reversal occurs very quickly, minimizing our exposure to this intense solar energy. Such rapid polarity reversals have also been postulated to occur.

However, I suggest that the disappearance of formerly hearty lifeforms (such as dinosaurs) from our planet is evidence to the contrary. It seems that only the most robust strands of DNA would be capable of withstanding such radiation exposure, albeit with resulting mutations. These mutations may serve, however, to further enhance the resilience of resulting life forms.

While earthquakes are rightly feared for the devastation they can cause, and even more so in areas where they are relatively common, such as the Pacific Rim of Fire, they may be a very necessary component of the Earth's balance and its maintenance of the current polarity.

It follows, then, that seismic activity is an essential component of Earth's life-sustaining function in its attempt to be a perpetually hospitable place for all life-forms. Seismic activity, from subtle shifts in the tectonic plates to higher magnitude activity, including volcanic eruptions, are integral for maintaining the GMF—our vitally important radiation shield.

Knowing this, perhaps we humans can solve two pressing global problems with one solution. By harnessing geothermal deposits as a source of relatively clean energy production, we may be able to encourage low grade seismic activity and conceivably avert larger, potentially disruptive events. Wisely chosen sites for geothermal energy facilities, where drilling several miles into the Earth's lithosphere will unleash some of the potential energy stored in the Earth's crust, may serve to delay, perhaps indefinitely, the predicted reversal of geomagnetic polarity which threatens the entire biosphere.

I suggest the current economic and intellectual energy being put into exploration of outer space be redirected inward. The very same resources humanity has used to explore space could be adapted for further deep exploration of the Earth's mantle, and possibly even into Earth's core, to obtain the necessary data which will help us optimize our nascent geothermal explorations, driven by computer programs.

Based on the geological evidence of prior pole reversals and the evident negative effects on the inhabitants of Earth, one day, perhaps sooner than we think, our survival and life as we know it may depend on it.

Recent archaeological findings indicate that early hominids, approximately one million years ago, perceived the last polarity reversal on an experiential basis, even before the development of language itself. They have left us with a petroglyphic record of this; stone carvings which are especially abundant around the Pacific Rim of Fire. I believe the wisest ones among them carved out these rocks as a warning to the others, to take protection from the Sun. The most primitive petroglyphs consist of arrows pointing to the sun, seemingly emphasizing the need to take care and seek shelter, perhaps with directions to nearby caves and other shaded, protected areas.

Perhaps I need to clarify my concept of what petroglyphs are. I am utterly appalled and astounded at the term “rock art,” since a petroglyph, in my mind, is the very antithesis of art. Rather, petroglyphs are the most basic form of written symbol-based communication. They are communication of great urgency indeed. The earliest petroglyphs, which I find to be the most interesting and significant, are the early hominid equivalent of dialing “911.” “Help! This is an emergency! The matter of time has become transformed into matter itself!” is what they seem to say.

The instant, urgent message of paleolithic man was carved in stone for us to perceive one million years (or revolutions of the Earth around our sun) later. And the message is simply: “There is a planetary crisis. We are being destroyed by our own life giving Sun, due to the collapse of our environmental shield, the EMF that blocked the intense radiation that our threatens our very DNA, and causes acute death from dehydration, sub acute death from radiation sickness, and/or chronic slow death from degenerative disease, unrepaired chromosomal damage, and an inability to successfully reproduce.

The Ice Ages

It is believed that 4 distinct “Ice Ages” have been visited upon planet Earth. No particularly cogent theories seem to have been formulated to explain the phenomenon. My belief is that these ice ages were preceeded by RPGMF events. Further, it is possibly that the severity of a particular Ice Age was proportional to the velocity of the occurrence of the RPGMFE. This raises another interesting possibility. Since there is an intimate relationship between climate conditions and the state of the GMF, there may have been many “mini-Ice Ages” which have defied documentation, each associated with the larger number of RPGMFE's that have been recorded.

The Number of RPGMFE's

The calculation of the number of R's, as revealed in the magnetic history of Earth rocks, has the potentiality for a massive confounding, due to the simple binary data left behind by the individual events. Hence it is likely that the number of R's is underestimated, possibly grossly so. No mathematical pattern has yet been described regarding the frequency of R's. I think it improbable, given the natural of geophysics, that these events are completely random. Therefore a pattern must exist. Given that biophysical events generally follow a bell-shaped curve regarding their distribution, perhaps the intervals between R's also would follow this pattern. Although we current have rather limited data to draw upon, we might simply use the average interval for the known R's, and then divide the total duration of known geological time by this figure, arriving at a new number for the number of events. For instance:

Macrocosmic Recapitulates Microcosmic

Polarity Reversals in general occur over a wide scale in physical systems. However, it is interesting to note that they also occur as a fundamental principle in the functioning of biological systems, especially in neurophysiological systems. Indeed the functioning of the human brain that is now generating these new ideas in dependent upon the depolarization of neurons, which itself is a reverse polarity event.
Cardiac functioning, the beating of the human heart, is characterized by RPE's, at a rate of approximately one per second. And the generation of each heartbeat (itself a RPE) is a function of another RPE-the conduction of an electrical signal from the cardiac pacemaker, the sino-atrial node. And further, the activity of the sino-atrial node, an independently functioning generator of an electrical signal, is in turn the product of RPE's at the cellular level. I suspect this reasoning could be taken further, from the intracellular level, to the molecular, and possibly to the subatomic/quantum realm.

Another familiar example is household electrical current. In AC current we have RPE's occurring every second. In DC current they do not occur, unless the power source, say a battery, goes dead. Then it must be recharged, with the option, perhaps, for a reversal of polarity, although this would be dependent upon the chemical system used.

Anywhere there is a binary system, the potential of reversal of polarity exists. Anywhere there is a waveform, there is a potential for a reversal of the pattern of the wave, an oscillation as it were. In sound, which is not binary, there is an escape from this pattern. That is why perhaps sound, language and music, is infinitely more subtle, expressive, informative, evocative, unlimited.....