#geomagneticfield

Lukas VFN 🇪🇺animalculum@scholar.social
2024-06-05

A Magnetic Low May Have Paved the Way for Complex Life eos.org/articles/a-magnetic-lo

Near-collapse of the #GeomagneticField may have contributed to atmospheric oxygenation and #animal radiation in the #Ediacaran Period nature.com/articles/s43247-024

"the planet’s magnetic field was at a record low—around 30 times lower than today—for 26 million years starting around 565 million years ago. Such a drastic dip in magnetic field intensity could have had massive implications"

illustration of leaf-shaped marine organisms in a shallow sea under a sky full of aurora borealis

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