An unusual reduction in the strength of Earth's magnetic field between 591 and 565 million years ago coincided with a ...

Furthermore, the researchers compared this measurement to data collected from comparable crystals created around 2,000 ...

The weakened magnetic field may have led to increased oxygen concentrations in our atmosphere and oceans, triggering an ...

An unusual reduction in the strength of the Earth’s magnetic field between 591 and 565 million years ago coincided with a significant increase in the oxygen levels in the atmosphere and oceans, ...

Earth's magnetic field could have led to increased hydrogen escape and subsequent oxygen rise in the atmosphere. This surge ...

Recent research brings a surprising twist to our understanding of planetary science. This new study indicates that a significant weakening of Earth’s magnetic field around 590 million years ago might ...

However, it is not yet clear why this increase in oxygen occurred. John Tarduno and colleagues analyzed the magnetic ...

The team analysed the magnetic properties of 21 plagioclase crystals, a common material in the Earth’s crust, extracted from a 591-million-year-old rock formation in Brazil. Analysis of the crystals ...

Petrology is the study of the macroscopic and microscopic mineralogical and chemical composition of rocks. In addition to assessing sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rocks that are accessible ...