Science

Airport Adjusting Runways Because North Magnetic Pole Is Shifting

Did you know that the north magnetic pole is shifting at a rate of 60km per year? Most don’t because it doesn’t affect their lives. Unfortunately for Tampa International Airport it does! They’re in the process of adjusting their runways.


September 24, 2010
Science

Russia Building Floating Nuclear Reactors Near The North Pole

Great. The guys who built Chernobyl, dropped 456 atomic bombs near an area with one million people and built atomic lighthouses only to abandon them engulfed in a radioactive fog are now building floating nuclear reactors on the Arctic Sea.


April 7, 2010
Science

Time Lapse Of Earth Freezing From Orbit

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NASA’s Goddard Space Centre has released a fascinating time lapse video of Earth’s North Pole turning into a popsicle from orbit. So much for global warming:


December 28, 2009
Science

Mysterious Earth’s Core Plume Shifting The Magnetic North Pole

The north magnetic pole is moving 60km a year toward Russia, which means they’re stealing it. Or the Earth’s core is fluxing. Actually, nobody really knows what’s happening. I just hope it’s not a prelude to a catastrophic magnetic shift.