Earth’s magnetic field went wild 600 million years ago and scientists finally know why

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Hundreds of millions of years ago, Earth’s magnetic field behaved in a way that has long baffled scientists, showing wild and seemingly chaotic shifts unlike anything seen before or since. A new study suggests this chaos may actually hide a deeper pattern: instead of random fluctuations, the magnetic field may have followed a global, organized structure.

Source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2 ... 071927.htm
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