Some scientists theorize that some, if not all of the mass extinctions that have wiped out thousands of species of life on Earth might be correlated with magnetic reversals.

• 一些科学家的理论认为，即使不是所有的毁灭地球上数以千计生物物种的大规模的灭绝与地磁倒转有关，也会有一些事件可能与地磁倒转有关。