Posted: 13 February 2019 at 4:49pm | IP Logged | 1
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Came across this scientific paper and thought that some on the board would find it interesting.
In short, these researchers propose that some mass extinctions on Earth occur when the magnetic poles shift- causing the magnetosphere to significantly weaken allowing cosmic forces (particularly solar wind), normally weakened or diverted by the magnetosphere, to enter Earth's atmosphere whereby oxygen atoms are ionized and escape Earth's gravity resulting in catastrophic low levels of breathable air.
Researchers support their theory via models, some tests and data from mass extinction events.
Reminds me a bit of the hypothesis that the Earth' 's atmosphere would ignite like the head of a match if an atomic bomb was set off.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012821X1 4001629
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