Earth's magnetic field strength and atmospheric oxygen levels have oscillated in tandem for around 540 million years, ...

The magnetized rocks of Earth's crust and mantle, also known as the upper lithosphere, accounts for generating 6 percent of ...

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Every breath we take in contains 21% oxygen, the gas that makes life on Earth possible. Oxygen, in its combined oxide state, ...

Geologic records reveal that magnetic field strength and oxygen levels rise and fall together, implying deep-Earth processes ...

Beneath the bogs of New Zealand’s Northland is a massive Ngāwhā kauri, living from 41,000 to 42,500 years ago, which gives an isolated, unbroken record of a period when Earth’s magnetic field declined ...

“We find that both exhibit strong linearly increasing trends, coupled with a large surge in magnitude between 330 and 220 ...

Scientists convert Earth's magnetic field collapse from 41,000 years ago into chilling audio, revealing ancient cosmic ...

Neanderthals have long been the subject of intense scientific debate. This is largely because we still lack clear answers to ...

The strength of Earth’s magnetic field and the amount of oxygen in its atmosphere seem to be correlated—and scientists want ...

NASA finds a historic link between magnetic field shifts and oxygen levels, possibly key to life’s evolution on Earth.

Australia’s iconic bogong moths are the first creatures other than humans and some birds known to navigate by the night sky.