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Flip Flop: Why Variations in Earth’s Magnetic Field Aren’t Causing Today’s Climate Change Climate Time Machine

An animation shows Earth’s magnetosphere fluctuating in size and shape as it interacts with the solar wind.
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio/AJ Christensen
Levels
  • Advanced (9-12+)
Material Type
  • Animation/Visualization
  • Article/Informative Text
Heliophysics Big Ideas
  • Big Idea 1.3 – The Sun’s energy drives Earth’s climate…
NGSS
  • ESS2 - Earth's Systems
Heliophysics Topics
  • Magnetic Field
  • Magnetic Reconnection
  • Magnetotail
  • Magnetosphere
Heliophysics Missions
  • Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS)
  • ARTEMIS (THEMIS)
Material Cost per Learner Free
Language English

Click Here: Earth is surrounded by a system of magnetic fields, called the magnetosphere which shields our home planet from harmful solar and cosmic particle radiation. The article examines why changes in the magnetic field can’t impact climate.