Is the Earth’s magnetosphere shifting and causing global weather/climate changes?

LT Michael Watson — Tue, 12 Jun 2018 00:04:53 -0400

Knowing the importance of the magnetosphere in protecting us from space weather, and understanding the influences on geologic activity, are there changes occurring that are effecting the global environment?

Response by SPC Joseph Wojcik made Jun 12 at 2018 12:55 AM

SPC Joseph Wojcik — Tue, 12 Jun 2018 00:55:32 -0400

I'm leaning more towards the culprit being the Sun itself, as all planets in our system appear to be going through their own radical climate changes.

Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made Jun 12 at 2018 1:20 AM

Capt Daniel Goodman — Tue, 12 Jun 2018 01:20:06 -0400

Thats actually quite perceptive, though many wouldn't typically have run into it as a science topic...I'd be most curious, are you engrg at all? Physics? Math? STEM? Chem? I was just interested in what prompted your interest so far as you might ne able to elaborate at all...from a climatic change standpoint, I could certainly conceive of it, I did considerable grad coursework before my total perm disability on related areas, so I'm at least not completely clueless, i think on the whole topic, if you'd care to chat further, you might want to look up the whole topic of aeronomy, I can certainly suggest more sites, e.g., NASA, should you want to see more stuff germane to the whole thing, of course....

Response by LT Michael Watson made Jun 12 at 2018 10:50 AM

LT Michael Watson — Tue, 12 Jun 2018 10:50:53 -0400

Understand that the Earth’s magnetosphere is an actual shield protecting the atmosphere and environment from the continuous onslaught from solar and cosmic radiation. NASA has been studying the solar/cosmic radiation environment but not a great deal has been published on the activity.

Response by SP5 Geoffrey Vannerson made Jun 12 at 2018 3:48 PM

SP5 Geoffrey Vannerson — Tue, 12 Jun 2018 15:48:46 -0400

The reason for my answer is simple and its 3 part, I will explain:
First in 1999 I was working as a robotic programmer and when all the hype about the world shutting down because "computers and other electronic devices couldn't recognize the change I did a simple experiment with my ABB robot. I set it for 12-31-1999 @ 11:58 p.m. just to see what would happen. Mind you this could have been a very expensive test had it failed I would have wiped out a 250K robot. The clock and calendar rolled over and it kept running. Question answered problem solved.
Problem 2 global warming: In science involving water and ice it is shown to be true that 70-90% of ice/ icebergs is actually under water. Example: Titanic 1912. Test; take a glass and put as much or as little ice in it as you would like. Then fill the glass with water and leave it on the headboard of you bed. In the morning you will simply have a cold glass of water with no ice. Reason: The mass of the ice is accounted for in the glass as over 90% is submerged. As for the magnetosphere, well this one is a bit more unconventionally unpredictable. My personal opinion is that since the earth center or "mantel" is a ball of rotating liquid molt and we sit atop tectonic plates which for all practical purposes float or rotate over the mantel anything is possible. I have also heard that our poles are shifting and our axis is shifting as well. The magnetosphere could be affected by the mantel and shifting tectonic plates but I am neither a NASA scientist nor an oceanographer.