Muon Radiation Dose and Marine Megafaunal Extinction at the end-Pliocene Supernova — mentioned by astazangasta

Sun, 28 Apr 2019 04:29:49 GMT

Ok, so they're saying[1] 1 Sv every 30 years. That's 33 mSv a year. Meanwhile, according to [2], "160 mSv: chronic dose to lungs over one year smoking 1.5 packs of cigarettes per day, mostly due to inhalation of Polonium-210 and Lead-210". I'm pretty sure heavy smokers are still reproducing successfully. Even if the muon-dose theory is true, it doesn't amount to an extinction-level event for a single species. Cancer takes time to develop; sometimes it doesn't. When the muon flux goes away, life would resume as normal. It might contribute to an extinction event already in progress, but that is…

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Muon Radiation Dose and Marine Megafaunal Extinction at the end-Pliocene Supernova — mentioned by astazangasta