"Earth's magnetic field shouldn't exist" An international team of scientists led by Russian Professor Igor Abrikosov have disproved a popular theory about the formation of the Earth's magnetic field. A group of scientists from Linköping University (Sweden), Jožef Stefan Institute (Slovenia), Russia's National University of Science and Technology MISiS and France's École Polytechnique have helped to disprove a widely-held theory about the Earth's magnetic field, RIA Novosti reported on Tuesday. Along with the Earth's atmosphere, the magnetic field provides a defense for the Earth from the charged particles in cosmic rays. By deflecting the particles away from Earth, many are preventing from even hitting the atmosphere directly, ensuring that the planet's life-forms are protected. In January 2015 scientists from the Carnegie Institution for Science and Rutgers University (US) published a paper in the journal Nature which appeared to complete a traditional theory about the source of our