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starlevel01 t1_j2cfzkj wrote
Reply to comment by mycatpeesinmyshower in How much does the liquid magma of the Earth affect it's surface temperature? by tripperfunster
If the magnetic field turned off tomorrow, it would take many millions of years for the solar wind to strip our atmosphere away. The biosphere replenishes lost gases very quickly as well, and whilst that wouldn't really like the extra solar radiation it would eventually adapt.
starlevel01 t1_je1qdhd wrote
Reply to comment by AuDHDiego in Is NaCl relatively common in the galaxy/universe? by PHealthy
> It's fascinating that we have any kind of nontrivial amounts of those elements at all in our grasp, considering their sources.
It's easier to think of it as an extremely large number (number of stars) multiplied by an extremely small number (probability of producing those elements) which rounds out to a reasonably-sized number.