Get the latest Science News and Discoveries

Near-Collapse of Geomagnetic Field May Have Contributed to Diversification of Life on Earth


An ultra-weak geomagnetic field between 591 and 565 million years ago (Ediacaran period) coincided with a significant increase in the oxygen levels in the atmosphere and oceans.

None

Get the Android app

Or read this on Sci-News

Read more on:

Photo of Collapse

Collapse

Photo of Earth

Earth

Photo of LIFE

LIFE

Related news:

News photo

Nancy Neveloff Dubler, Mediator for Life’s Final Moments, Dies at 82

News photo

Watch monster flare-spewing sunspot grow to be 15 times wider than Earth (video)

News photo

Carrington-Level Cluster of Sunspots May Send a ‘Cannibal CME’ Hurtling Toward Earth