Also lead to rapid evolution, which I’ve been saying for years.
Mutation
Confirmed – Earth’s protective magnetic shield is weakening
The most dramatic declines are occurring over the Western Hemisphere, says European Space Agency.
Magnetic reversal could trigger evolution, says expert
Changes in handedness of DNA (triggered by a magnetic reversal) would lead to gene activation or deactivation,
Magnetic reversal "imminent," says National Geographic – Video
Scientists agree that Earth has long been subjected to thousands of traumatic magnetic reversals of the poles, and that we’re due for another — but when?
No dramatic effects from a magnetic reversal?
“The fossil record shows no drastic changes in plant or animal life,” says this article on SOTT. I beg to differ.
Magnetic reversals – far more important than we realize
Forget Darwin’s theory of slow, stately, orderly evolution.
Did South Atlantic Magnetic Anomaly cause Air France disaster?
Reader Jane Lawson wonders if the South Atlantic Magnetic Anomaly could have had anything to do with the recent Air France disaster.
More cosmic rays entering solar system
According to NASA’s Space Weather website the sun is in the middle of a solar minimum, with 266 sunspot-free days last year – the lowest for nearly a century.
Did an ice age boost human brain size? Or a magnetic reversal?
“Why did we humans evolve such big brains, making us the unrivalled rulers of the world?” asks this article in New Scientist.