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Is Earth's Magnetic Shield Slowly Suffocating Us?
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05/31/09
We get a crap load of water every year from space which will certainly make up for losing air.
06/01/09
05/31/09
Let us also remember that the terrestrial magnetic field is one of the key reasons why life thrives on this planet at all. Without it, radiation from the solar wind would sterilize everything, like Mars. If life existed at all it would much simpler.
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05/31/09
And what if his calculations are wrong??
05/31/09
For some reason, I'm thinking yet another Nicolas Cage movie.
05/31/09