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Old March 8th 10, 01:07 PM posted to sci.astro
Yousuf Khan[_2_]
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Default Earth's magnetic field may have been weaker billions of yearsago

Brad Guth wrote:
On Mar 6, 6:44 am, Yousuf Khan wrote:
Earth's weak magnetic field helped Sun to steal water from planet's
early atmosphere - Oneindia News
"Scientists have discovered that the Earth's magnetic field 3.5 billion
years ago was only half as strong as it is today, and that this
weakness, coupled with a strong wind of energetic particles from the
young Sun, likely stripped water from the early Earth's atmosphere."http://news.oneindia.in/2010/03/05/earthsweak-magnetic-field-helped-s...


Then why are we still in the cycle of losing our protective
geomagnetic force and its magnetosphere at roughly 0.1%/year?


Because that's just something you made up.

Yousuf Khan