One popular theory is that in 2012, Earth’s magnetic poles – the North and South Pole – will reverse. First, the sun itself will reverse its magnetic poles, sending a solar storm in our direction and causing a short-circuit in the Earth’s electromagnetic field. The solar particles from the storm, known as a solar wind, will move up and down the magnetic poles until they form an electric current around the Earth’s equator, creating a magnetic field opposite that of the Earth.
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