> It explained how the Earth generates the magnetic field that protects the planet from cosmic radiation,<p>Our protection from cosmic radiation is mostly due to Earth's thick atmosphere, not its magnetic field.
She is not a household name in Denmark. But we do have a big mural of her, here in Copenhagen [1].<p>[1] <a href="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/998/811/377/834/279/original/7367aadd71c161f2.jpeg" rel="nofollow">https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/99...</a>
All of modern geology stands upon her work.
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She was hardly overlooked, she won many honours for her work during her time.<p>> This article is part of Overlooked, a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 1851, went unreported in The Times.