Magnetic fields

Resources

Planetary Magnetic Fields

Video in the How Creationism Taught Me Real Science series.

Claim CD701: The earth's magnetic field is decaying, indicating a young earth

Claim CD701.1: Cowling's theorem disproves dynamo theory of earth's magnetic field

Brief responses in the Index to Creationist Claims in the TalkOrigins Archive.

Earth’s Magnetic Field

Video in the How Creationism Taught Me Real Science series.

Young-earth "proof" #11: Since the earth's magnetic field is decaying at an exponential rate, its strength would have been unrealistically high 25,000 years ago. Thus, Earth is less than 25,000 years old.

Article by Dave E. Matson on the Secular Web site. Also available in the TalkOrigins Archive.

Population (and magnetic fields) proves young Earth

Video by potholer54. Uses humour. (Note: starts with excerpts from creationist videos.)