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2012, the End of the World?

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Re: 2012, the End of the World?

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Oct 14th, 2007
Originally Posted by Lardmeister View Post
Wouldn't that also include a shift in the rotational axis of earth? In other words, Holland could end up near the equator and you could be living in a tropical paradise!


No. The magnetic field has nothing to do with the rotation of the planet around it's axle (nor with the position of that axle) but with the makeup of the mantle (which has many independently rotating areas).
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