Swarm helps explain Earth’s magnetic jerks

Sunday, May 12, 2019 - 04:41 in Earth & Climate

Our protective magnetic field is always restless, but every now and then something weird happens – it jerks. Although scientists have known about these rapid shifts for some 40 years, the reason why they occur has remained a frustrating mystery, until now.

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