What is the effect on us on Earth?
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Journalists interviewed some scientists and then wrote stories about it.
Then folks on internet forums had discussions about it.
Then - after a long pause - the world ended for completely unrelated reasons.
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“What is the effect on us on Earth?”
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Women and minorities affected disproportionately.
Go into a doctors office and ask for 100 x-rays
Where is the Kaboom?
There is supposed to be an Earth Shattering KABOOM!
For this gamma ray burst, there was little effect. Yet a closer and more direct hit could have catastrophic effects, with the gamma rays converting a portion of the nitrogen in the atmosphere to nitric acid that would rain down as torrents of life destroying acid rain. Judging by the pattern of species loss, a mass extinction event 450 million years ago may have been caused by a gamma ray burst.