Earth’s magnetic field went wild 600 million years ago and scientists finally know why
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Scientists solved a 600-million-year mystery by discovering that Earth's wildly fluctuating magnetic field during the Ediacaran Period wasn't random chaos but followed a structured pattern. Yale researchers analyzed Moroccan volcanic rocks layer by layer, finding the dramatic magnetic shifts occurred over thousands of years as poles moved across the entire planet, potentially enabling accurate reconstruction of ancient continent positions.
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