How a Faint Magnetic.Pulse May Have Jumpstarted
Evolution 600 Million Years Ago
University Of Rochester, SciTechDaily, May 6, 2024
[scitechdaily.com]

How Earth’s Faint Magnetic Field Fostered the Rise of Complex Life
Scientific Reports, SciTechDaily, May 2, 2024
[scitechdaily.com]

The open access paper is:

Huang, W., Tarduno, J.A., Zhou, T., Ibañez-Mejia, M.,
Dal Olmo-Barbosa, L., Koester, E., Blackman, E.G.,
Smirnov, A.V., Ahrendt, G., Cottrell, R.D. and Kodama,
K.P., 2024. Near-collapse of the geomagnetic field may
have contributed to atmospheric oxygenation and animal
radiation in the Ediacaran Period. Communications Earth
& Environment, 5(1), p.207.
[www.nature.com]

Yours,

Paul H.

"The past is never dead. It's not even past."
William Faulkner, Act 1, Scene III, Requiem for a Nun (1951)