List of works by Brian C. Thomas

A supernova at 50 pc: effects on the Earth's atmosphere and biota

scientific article published on 12 May 2017

An In-Class Discussion Activity on the Nature of Science and Intelligent Design

Astrophysical ionizing radiation and Earth: a brief review and census of intermittent intense sources.

scientific article

Atmospheric consequences of cosmic ray variability in the extragalactic shock model: 2. Revised ionization levels and their consequences

scholarly article

Atmospheric consequences of cosmic-ray variability in the extragalactic shock model

scholarly article

Atmospheric constituents and surface-level UVB: Implications for a paleoaltimetry proxy and attempts to reconstruct UV exposure during volcanic episodes

scholarly article

Atmospheric ionization by high‐fluence, hard‐spectrum solar proton events and their probable appearance in the ice core archive

scientific article

Causes of an ad 774-775 14C increase

scientific article

Climatic and biogeochemical effects of a galactic gamma ray burst

scholarly article

Cometary airbursts and atmospheric chemistry: Tunguska and a candidate Younger Dryas event

scholarly article

Extraordinary Biomass-Burning Episode and Impact Winter Triggered by the Younger Dryas Cosmic Impact ∼12,800 Years Ago. 1. Ice Cores and Glaciers

article

Extraordinary Biomass-Burning Episode and Impact Winter Triggered by the Younger Dryas Cosmic Impact ∼12,800 Years Ago. 2. Lake, Marine, and Terrestrial Sediments ⬇️

article

Extraordinary Biomass-Burning Episode and Impact Winter Triggered by the Younger Dryas Cosmic Impact ∼12,800 Years Ago: A Reply

scholarly article

From Cosmic Explosions to Terrestrial Fires? ⬇️

scientific article

From Cosmic Explosions to Terrestrial Fires? A Reply

scientific article published in July 2020

Gamma-ray bursts: not so much deadlier than we thought

scientific article

Gamma‐Ray Bursts and the Earth: Exploration of Atmospheric, Biological, Climatic, and Biogeochemical Effects ⬇️

scientific article published in the Astrophysical Journal

Getting the Swing of Surface Gravity

Ground-Level Ozone Following Astrophysical Ionizing Radiation Events: An Additional Biological Hazard?

scientific article published on 08 January 2016

Inhibition by ultraviolet and photosynthetically available radiation lowers model estimates of depth-integrated picophytoplankton photosynthesis: global predictions for Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus.

scientific article published on 14 May 2016

Late Ordovician geographic patterns of extinction compared with simulations of astrophysical ionizing radiation damage

Lookup tables to compute high energy cosmic ray induced atmospheric ionization and changes in atmospheric chemistry

Modeling atmospheric effects of the September 1859 solar flare

scholarly article

Ozone depletion-induced climate change following a 50 pc supernova

Photobiological Effects at Earth's Surface Following a 50 pc Supernova.

scientific article published on 28 December 2017

Radiation as a Constraint for Life in the Universe

Referee comments on Tomicic et al

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article published in 2017

Solar Irradiance Changes and Phytoplankton Productivity in Earth's Ocean Following Astrophysical Ionizing Radiation Events.

scientific article published on 30 March 2016

Solar irradiance changes and photobiological effects at earth's surface following astrophysical ionizing radiation events

scientific article published on 18 February 2015

Superluminous supernovae: no threat from eta Carinae

scientific article published in February 2008

Supernova triggers for end-Devonian extinctions

scientific article published on 18 August 2020

Terrestrial Consequences of Spectral and Temporal Variability in Ionizing Photon Events ⬇️

scientific article published in the Astrophysical Journal

Terrestrial effects of moderately nearby supernovae

scientific article published on 15 January 2018

Terrestrial effects of nearby supernovae in the early pleistocene ⬇️

scientific article published on 13 July 2016

Terrestrial effects of possible astrophysical sources of an AD 774-775 increase in14C production

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