Geomagnetic Poles and Polar Ice Conditions

Abstract Book of the 6th World Conference on Climate Change and Global Warming

Year: 2025

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Geomagnetic Poles and Polar Ice Conditions

Jens Christian Olsen

ABSTRACT:

The magnetic poles are drifting. As the poles intersects regions of mixed ice water surfaces, there is evidence to support theory that relatively weak fluctuating geomagnetic fields +70 micro-Tesla enhance evaporation of water. Enhanced evaporation rates lead to increased low cloud formation, thus reducing the amount of radiative energy lost to space. This process contributes to localized warming. The thermal balance is tipped, and higher temperatures measured over polar regions in periods after the magnetic poles have moved to areas with mixed water and ice.
Looking ahead, forecasts indicate that the northern magnetic pole may shift over the Siberian landmass by 2030. Should this occur, the climatological impacts could be significant: with the pole over land instead of ocean, evaporation—and thus cloud formation—would likely decrease, potentially resulting in cooler local temperatures, reduced cloud cover, and greater summer and winter sea ice extent. This anticipated cooling stands in marked contrast to the warming trend associated with previous pole positions over the Arctic Oceans.
The interplay between geomagnetism, evaporation, cloud formation, and distribution of land and sea appears to play a crucial role in determining polar ice spread. It is evident that location of magnetic poles explains slightly decrease in total ice spread in the period 1979 – 2006, a sudden drop in spread in 2007 followed by increase in spread until 2015. A further sudden drop in spread in 2016 and decreasing ice spread until today and with the all-time low spread over the southern pole areas in 2023.

Keywords: Cloud Formation, Climate System, Evaporation of Water, Geomagnetism, Polar Sea Ice