{"title":"Did big animals evolve due to an ancient lull in Earth’s magnetic field?","authors":"Isabelle Dumé","doi":"10.1088/2058-7058/37/07/06","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"An unusual lull in the Earth’s magnetic field nearly 600 million years ago may have triggered a rise in the planet’s oxygen levels, thereby allowing large, complex animals to evolve and thrive for the first time.","PeriodicalId":54613,"journal":{"name":"Physics World","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.5000,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Physics World","FirstCategoryId":"101","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1088/2058-7058/37/07/06","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"PHYSICS, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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An unusual lull in the Earth’s magnetic field nearly 600 million years ago may have triggered a rise in the planet’s oxygen levels, thereby allowing large, complex animals to evolve and thrive for the first time.