Like with most theories regarding predictions of Magnetic Reversals, it is equally difficult to predict what some of the ramifications to the Earth may be if one were to occur within the near future.  There are many theories circulating that it would mean the end of the world, or the dawn of the next Ice Age, or even that the entire Earth would be destroyed without the protective Magnetic Field, and the Earth would end up like Mars.  On the other hand, some facts about the Earth cannot be discarded, that in fact say the Earth would be just fine.

    As stated before, during a Reversal there may be the presence of many poles (North and South) all around the Earth, so this may affect anything or anyone that is relying on a compass.  Many have worried that this fact may cause severe problems with animals, such as birds and whales, which rely on the poles to migrate, but the contrary has been suggested.  A reversal takes thousands of years to occur, so it would seem logical that the animals would adapt and have “time to reorient themselves” (Bentley 2003).  In conjunction, we as humans have been on the Earth during a series of reversals and there has been no information found within research that shows problems between animal and human development during a reversal.  Nor, has any information been found that there is any correlation between Magnetic Reversals and mass extinctions “during geological history” (British Geological Survey 2007).