Yeah, except folks often use cherry picked aspects of science to promote their own dogma or opinion.
No kidding. Another cool thing about science is that it's open for all to measure and test.
Is it weakening faster than before, or are we just not getting a handle on exactly how fast it changes?
From the article, which I'm sure you read: "While changes in magnetic field strength are part of this normal flipping cycle, data from Swarm have shown the field is starting to weaken faster than in the past."
Like climate change, it appears to be a completely normal event in the life of our planet so....
Right, it's perfectly normal for CO2 levels to spike from roughly 260ppm to nearly 400ppm in the span of just 100 years...