Researchers have found the first Australian evidence of this global event, during which people on Earth would have witnessed a multitude of spectacular auroras.
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Earth’s magnetic field locks information into lava as it cools into rock. Millions of years later, scientists can decipher this magnetic data to build geologic timelines and maps.
The Earth’s magnetic field is a lot weaker than we would expect around the island of St Helena.
Changes in the Earth’s magnetic field pose a great risk to electronic infrastructure.
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Professor of Palaeomagnetism, University of Liverpool
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Associate Professor in Theoretical Geophysics, University of Leeds
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Postdoctoral research associate, University of Liverpool
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Ph.D. Student in Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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McKenzie Research Fellow in Earth Sciences, The University of Melbourne
