| A string of doomsday survival kits has spread like | | | | Believers in the polar shift 2012 theory argue that the |
| wildfire over the Internet, claiming to have scientific | | | | phenomenon they are referring to is the "geomagnetic |
| explanations and research results about the planet's | | | | reversal" and not the cataclysmic pole shift as |
| impending doom. More importantly, they claim to have | | | | mentioned earlier. Geomagnetic reversal refers to the |
| survival guides on how to increase your chances to | | | | change is the Earth's magnetic field - an event that |
| stay alive during and after the event. One of such | | | | occurred some 780,000 years ago. The geomagnetic |
| books is entitled Polar Shift 2012. Before you get your | | | | reversal theory does not necessarily mean that the |
| copy of Polar Shift 2012 or any other book about it, | | | | poles will change their geographical location. According |
| read through this article to learn more about the polar | | | | to scientists, an event like the geomagnetic reversal |
| shift theory, its consequences, and the contents of | | | | occurs on average intervals of 300,000 years. In truth, |
| such books. | | | | it is a fact that 2012 Doomsday theorists take as a |
| 1. What is the Polar Shift? | | | | sign that a "polar shift" is soon to happen. |
| The polar shift does not literally mean that the North | | | | 4. What to Expect in 2012? |
| and South poles are going to change places, as the | | | | Both the scientific community's cataclysmic pole shift |
| term might imply. The phenomenon is also known | | | | and the doomsday enthusiasts' geomagnetic reversal |
| scientifically, as the "cataclysmic pole shift hypothesis". | | | | spell doom for the planet as natural disasters such as |
| The theory behind it involves the movement of the | | | | earthquakes, tsunamis and storms are expected to |
| current location of the poles in relation to Earth's axis in | | | | occur. The change in the magnetic field also means |
| a short period of time. Such a shift in the geographical | | | | our electronic gadgets will be rendered useless. |
| locations of our poles will cause unimaginable damage | | | | 5. How to Survive the Polar Shift 2012? |
| to our planet. | | | | Of course, we can always revert back to the era |
| 2. Will the Polar Shift Really Occur? | | | | before the onset of technology. Life was simpler back |
| Although the authors of the 2012 book series are | | | | then anyway. But is that the real solution to the |
| adamant that it will, there is still no published research | | | | catastrophe happening in 2012? Most books offer |
| or evidence from the scientific community to prove | | | | detailed survival guides to live through the catastrophe. |
| such theory. What research and studies have proven | | | | Right now, what you have to do is to choose. |
| is that the Earth's axis has moved up to 30° over | | | | Whether or not you believe that the world is going to |
| a period of 200 or so million years. The poles do shift | | | | end in 2012 is up to you. Whether or not you side with |
| but not in a manner that could cause chaos and | | | | the scientists or the doomsday theorists, you have to |
| destruction as the doomsday theorists imply. | | | | be more informed and better prepared. |
| 3. What do the Believers Say? | | | | |