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Earth's Flipping Magnetic Field Heard as Sound Is an Unforgettable Horror

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Earth 's magnetic field dramatically flipped a little more than 40,000 years ago.

The last such cataclysmic event left a signature in the Laschamps lava flows in France .

The reversal process allowed a surpluss of cosmic rays to pass into Earth 's atmosphere.

Were this to happen again today , our north-pointing compasses would point to the South Pole .

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