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Amazing-Ad-669 t1_ja9dnrh wrote

Reply to comment by enderverse87 in Magnetic pole reversal by Gopokes91

It's happened 183 times throughout geologic history I believe. And yes, not in recent history. Every 300,000 years or so?

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therealnai249 t1_ja9s7i4 wrote

Well 183 times that we have evidence for in the last 83 my, oceanic crust doesn’t last long so we really don’t know how many times in total.

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grumblecakes1 t1_jaahpfz wrote

It has irregular intervals too. without looking it up i believe there is a few times where it flipped several times in just a few thousand years.

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