# 1660: "The Adams Event"

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Podcast: [Interesting Things with JC](https://stenobird.com/podcast/interesting-things-with-jc-4639155)
Published: 2026-05-22T07:00:40+00:00
Episode link: https://jimconnors.net/interesting-things-with-jc/2026/5/19/1660-the-adams-event
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Interesting Things with JC #1660: "The Adams Event" – A 42,000-year-old kauri tree held a carbon record from the Laschamps Excursion, when Earth’s magnetic field weakened, cosmic rays increased, and the upper atmosphere may have changed while the tree kept the evidence ring by ring.

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