CME's and the Earth's Magnetosphere

While the earth has been hit by powerful solar flares before, the earth has also been going through something that has not been part of the equation in the past.

The earths magnetic reversal and the weakening of the magnetosphere.

Since the 1600 the earths magnetic poles have been moving and as they have moved the magnetosphere has been weakening. It has been estimated that between 1600-2000 it has weakened 10% and since 2000 another 5-8%.