Earth's Ambipolar Electrostatic Field

2 points by s-xyz 10 months ago | 1 comment
  • pfdietz 10 months ago
    Non-paywalled article explaining the discovery.

    https://www.bas.ac.uk/media-post/discovery-of-a-long-sought-...

    According to wikipedia, 10-15% of Earth's hydrogen escape is in the polar wind, along with most of the escaping helium. Non-thermal helium escape debunks a creationist claim that lack of helium build up in the atmosphere requires a young Earth.