Question:
If the Earths core creates a magnetic field that propels harmful rays by magnetism how can NO cause it to fail?
magnetulsar
2013-03-15 06:10:58 UTC
How does nitrogen oxide effect the creating of the Earth's magnetic field? The reason why I'm saying how the core fails is because although it's the magnetic field that becomes less effective in propelling harmful rays from the Sun, it's the core that causes the magnetic field. So even though the magnetic field is what fails, the failure is somewhere between the core and the process of creating the magnetic field. That's why I referred the core as would've failed. It did not fully process the formation of the magnetic field. The magnetic field was not fully there because the core did not fully created it. And I'm asking, how? Because it sounds like saying when water spilled over a radio, rather than the radio not fully working, power failed in lines that had not even reached the house yet. The failure is somewhere beyond the radio. Well obviously water spilled over a radio could not effect power reaching the house from telephone poles. Now in this case in my question, I'm asking, how can nitrogen oxide cause the magnetic field to fail when the magnetic field is created by the Earth's core? The effect by the nitrogen oxide goes beyond just the air. It makes the magnetic field fail even though that effection is somewhere between the process of the Earth's core creating magnetism and the process of magnetism propelling harmful rays.
Four answers:
quantumclaustrophobe
2013-03-15 09:30:49 UTC
The magnetic field protects us against radiation - solar wind, cosmic rays, heavy alpha particles, and the like.

The atmosphere's O-zone layer protects us against harmful light, namely ultraviolet light that can promote skin cancers.



The magnetic field isn't affected by components in the atmosphere; in fact, it would *still* be there if there was no atmosphere at all... However, the pollutants we pump into the atmosphere *do* affect the O-zone layer by combining with free oxygen, preventing Ozone from forming.
Lodar of the Hill People
2013-03-15 13:32:26 UTC
The atmosphere doesn't effect the earth's magnetic field. Also, there's not a lot of nitric oxide in it. It's mostly produced by combustion and lightening. If the magnetic field fails, it will be because of what's happening in the core. Specifically, the currents in the liquid outer iron core would have to be slowed or halted. This is a possible scenario, actually, since the currents are somewhat chaotic over long periods of time. The currents themselves are a result of the Coriolis effect, while dynamo theory states that currents in an electrically conductive liquid (iron in this case) can retain a magnetic field.
Pigfat
2013-03-15 13:22:47 UTC
I don't think you understand. Nitric Oxide or Nitrogen oxide does not affect the magnetic field created by the core. It affects the Ozone lair. Ozone blocks UV rays that are not sent off course by the magnetic field. The magnetic field protects against the solar wind.



I am thinking that you read that the magnetic field protects us from harmfull sun rays. Then you read that NO lowers the protection against sun rays. So you deducted that it was because it affected the magnetic field when in fact NO lowers Ozone that protects us from UV and the magnetic field protects us from solar wind (wich is actually not sun rays).
Derp guy
2013-03-15 13:13:40 UTC
well the nitrogen oxide isint the problem then



its something else


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