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Cataclysmic pole shift hypothesis

The Cataclysmic Pole Shift Hypothesis is an idea that suggests that the Earth's geographical poles could suddenly and greatly change positions in a short amount of time. This would mean that all of the maps of the Earth, including the lines of longitude and latitude, would need to be redrawn. It means that the land masses and oceans on Earth might be put in different places, and would also affect our climate, weather and ocean currents. This could cause major disasters like floods, hurricanes, earthquakes and more. People have thought that this could have happened in the past, but scientists have found no proof that this ever happened.