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42.000 Years Ago, Strange Things Started Happening On Earth

About 42,000 years ago, Earth witnessed a dramatic turning point in history. There occurred unusual electrical storms and widespread auroras (you said auras) accompanied by intensified cosmic radiation.

The catastrophic climate shifts caused mass extinctions. And all of this was caused due to a temporary shift in the Earth's magnetic field. This led to a chain of events known as Adam's event.


The Earth's magnetic field protects us from cosmic radiation and the charged particles emitted by our Sun. As a result, a sudden change in the magnetic field's strength could wreak havoc on Earth, and something similar happened in the recent past.


So what exactly happened 42000 years ago? How did scientists discover the change in the magnetic field that occurred in the past? Finally and most importantly, will something similar happen again soon?

Secrets of the Universe
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