Re: [Phys-l] Earth's magnetic field

[chuck britton <cvbritton@mac.com>]

Stephen J. Gould referred to 'punctuated equilibrium'.
The increased charged particle bombardment will cause increased dna 
disruption leading to a burst of new species - most of which won't 
survive.
(Burgess Shale example?)


At 8:54 PM -0800 1/14/11, Bernard Cleyet wrote:
> Don't you mean a die off?
>
> The die off of amphibians is finally attributed to increased UV, IIRC.
>
> bc won't live to experience it, Laudate Deum.
>
>
> On 2011, Jan 14, , at 20:44, chuck britton wrote:
>
> >   we can expect a jump in the otherwise slow process of
> >  evolution.
>
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