Posted on 06/15/2009 8:28:18 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
"We often tell ourselves that we are very fortunate living on this planet because we have this strong magnetic shield that protects us from all sorts of things that the cosmos throws at us -- cosmic rays, solar flares and the pesky solar wind," said Christopher Russell, a professor of geophysics and space physics at the University of California, Los Angeles.
"It certainly does help in some of those areas but ... in the case of the atmosphere, this may not be true," he said.
Russel and others came to this realization while meeting at a comparative planetology conference last month.
"Three of us who work on Earth, Venus and Mars got together and compared notes," Russell told Discovery News. "We said, 'Oh my goodness -- what we've been telling people about the magnetic shield is not correct.'"
(Excerpt) Read more at dsc.discovery.com ...
I guernsey how that would help. /rimshot
I wonder if this is part of the new marketing approach to global warming: call it a deteriorating atmosphere, so people will feel more afraid.
Doom and gloom = more grant/research money.
Tagged it to my library holds. Thanks!
No mention of tectonics therein which I think should be addressed in every doomsday article.
Thanks.
You’re welcome. Please see my post#17 on this thread for some general info on the theory. #18 is related.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2272139/posts?page=17#17
Tectonics really cracks me up. /rimshot
Pretty good.
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