William sent in the link https://msn.com/en-eu/news/technology/impact-of-solar-storm-from-12350bc-could-be-much-worse-than-what-we-knew/ar-AA1ETFRo … which was shared with others. One commented, the uncalibrated C14 year corresponds to around 12,350BC – in Europe. This point in time is the transition from the Older Dryas period to the Alleroed warm phase of climate. Hence, well before the Younger Dryas boundary event. Remarkably, this is exactly the date Nils-Axel Morner gave for the culmination of the Gothenburg magnetic excursion. The magnetic poles flipped, or behaved in an unusual fashion. Mainstream did not of course like this idea as it smacked of catastrophism. It is rarely mentioned nowadays and Morner is unforgiven. However, in contrast, the Russians did take it seriously, and investigated it – followed by several research papers. These, of course, back in those days, never saw the light of day in the West. They can be downloaded on the internet – so readily accessible to Tom, Dick, and Harry. How long the Gothenburg excursion lasted is a moot point. It may bridge the gap between the Oldest and Older Dryas events. Alternatively, it may have been confined to the Older Dryas period – which might throw a light on the nature of them.
In contrast, the new research paper was centred on the abnormal solar storm. Magnetic excursions are not mentioned. However, the point can be made that if the magnetic excursion was still in play, and Earth’s magnetic field was relatively weak, this would have allowed a not too severe solar storm to be more pronounced. Earth is protected by its magnetosphere – in which the magnetic field is involved. This is one of those findings that what is not said may be more interesting than what has actually been said.