radiations
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Adaptive radiations commonly follow mass extinctions : following an extinction, many niches are left vacant.
Cosmic ray radiations striking the Earth from outer space were finally definitively recognized and proven to exist in 1912, as the scientist Victor Hess carried an electrometer to various altitudes in a free balloon flight.
Being above the atmosphere in particular and Earth's magnetic field gives access to the solar wind and infrared and ultraviolet radiations that cannot reach Earth's surface.
Electronic support measures gather intelligence through passive "listening" to electromagnetic radiations of military interest.
For most people, ultraviolet radiations from sunlight is the most common cause of skin cancer.
It has a very long half-life (1.53 million years), its decay emits only low energy radiations, and it is not considered as highly hazardous.