Submitted by tripperfunster t3_zyslds in askscience
starlevel01 t1_j2cfzkj wrote
Reply to comment by mycatpeesinmyshower in How much does the liquid magma of the Earth affect it's surface temperature? by tripperfunster
If the magnetic field turned off tomorrow, it would take many millions of years for the solar wind to strip our atmosphere away. The biosphere replenishes lost gases very quickly as well, and whilst that wouldn't really like the extra solar radiation it would eventually adapt.
mycatpeesinmyshower t1_j2cgpsh wrote
Well if we didn’t have it in the past we likely wouldn’t be here today.
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