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A tree-ringed African lake has yielded a record of Earth's magnetic field spanning the past 150,000 years. A core of rock and ...
potentially influencing human evolution at a pivotal moment in our history. During the Laschamps excursion, Earth’s magnetic field weakened to just 10% of its current strength, while the ...
Earth's magnetic field was so weak it almost disappeared. Then, seemingly out of nowhere, complex life emerged.
If you ever travel back in time to hang out with Homo sapiens around 41,000 years ago, pack some sunscreen – or better yet, a ...
A storm as ferocious as the one of 12,350 BC would likely cause complete mayhem if it were to strike Earth and its ...
The study, published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters, has shed light on the extreme solar particle event that Earth experienced in 12,350 B.C.E. Such extreme events have only occurred a handful ...
"We need a way to date these sediments." That's where the variations in Earth's magnetic field come in. When rocks form, they lock in a record of the magnetic field via small magnetic crystals ...