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Evidence of Ancient Solar Storms in Tree Rings Could Pinpoint Major Historical Events

June 26, 2018 Adminnature, SOLAR CYCLES

Astrochronology is making the science of reading tree rings more reliable than ever before. PBS.ORG While traditional carbon dating of tree rings is only vaguely accurate, experts are saying that Miyake events—colossal discharges of energetic solar particles—may be able to glean exact dates of ancient world events by acting as markers within the existing timeline of dendrochronology. So far, scientists have discovered in trees two solar storms that manifest as rings with dramatically increased levels of C-14, an isotope of carbon. The first, found in 2012, dates back to 775 AD—the second, to 994 AD. Here’s…

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Solar Storms Eroding Moon and Mercury

June 25, 2018 Adminnature, solar flares

VIOLENT solar winds are eroding the Moon and Mercury, according to a new study, which found atoms can hit them at 800km per second. EXPRESS.CO.UK Solar winds, which are a stream of particles from solar flares released by the sun, constantly bombard celestial beings in the solar system. Planets such as Earth which have an atmosphere are largely protected form the bombardment, but for the likes of the Moon, which are atmosphere-free, solar particles are shattering rocks. TU Wien, a university in Vienna, has released results of a study which…

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Magnitude-4.2 Earthquake hits North of Oklahoma City

January 1, 2016 Adminearthquakes, nature, solar flares

A magnitude-4.2 earthquake hit north of Oklahoma City early Friday, the latest in a series of quakes that have rattled the state at an increasing rate in the past few years. There was no immediate word of injuries or damage after the quake hit around 5:40 a.m. Friday near Edmond, Okla. The quake was centered about 16 miles north of Oklahoma City. The increase in quakes in the state has been linked to oil and gas production, according to state and federal scientists. In 2012, the state experienced just a few dozen magnitude-3.0 or…

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2016 Opens with Extreme Weather, Solar Storm

January 1, 2016 Adminflooding, natural disasters, solar flares, solar storm

As 2015 fades into history, storms are triggering chaotic weather and causing severe destruction in parts of the globe. Here’s a closer look at areas most impacted: United States: Historic flooding in St. Louis, Mo., forced authorities to shut down a second major highway, Interstate 55, on Thursday morning. High water rushed southward, threatening more flooding in southern Missouri and Illinois,Tennessee and Mississippi. The flooding has left at least 20 people dead in Missouri and Illinois, mostly involving vehicles that drove onto swamped roadways. Flooding along the Mississippi, Illinois, Missouri,…

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Solar Activity Could Cause Lightning Storms On Earth

January 1, 2016 Adminlighting, nature, solar flares, sun, weather

A link has been found between storms in the atmosphere of the sun and those here on Earth, but not in the direction expected. The discovery could improve weather forecasting and save the lives of people who might otherwise be trapped in the open during electrical events. The sun spits out charged particles that hit our atmosphere two to four days later at 1.5-.2.7million kph, but it does not do so evenly. “The solar wind is not continuous, it has slow and fast streams. Because the Sun rotates, these streams…

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Sun To Go Into ‘Hibernation’ about 2030

November 15, 2015January 1, 2016 Adminclimate change, cycles, cycles of war, ice age, solar energy, solar flares, solar minimum, weather

The sun will go into “hibernation” mode around 2030, and it has already started to get sleepy. At the Royal Astronomical Society’s annual meeting in July, Professor Valentina Zharkova of Northumbria University in the UK confirmed it – the sun will begin its Maunder Minimum (Grand Solar Minimum) in 15 years. Other scientists had suggested years ago that this change was imminent, but Zharkova’s model is said to have near-perfect accuracy. So what is a “solar minimum”? Our sun doesn’t maintain a constant intensity. Instead, it cycles in spans of…

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Do Solar Flares Trigger Earthquakes?

October 10, 2011January 2, 2016 Adminearthquakes, solar flares

First let us pose the science question we wish to answer: do solar flares cause earthquakes? Note that this is more specific than asking ‘is there a relationship between solar activity and earthquakes?’. First of all, solar activity can mean flares, or coronal mass ejections, or bursts of solar wind. Here I will focus only on flares, but do bear in mind that flares and CMEs often occur in tandem. Secondly, we are asking if flares CAUSE earthquakes; not whether a LACK of flares cause earthquakes. If flares do indeed…

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Sun Blamed for Warming of Earth and Other Worlds

March 12, 2007January 1, 2016 Adminclimate change, nature, space

Earth is heating up lately, but so are Mars, Pluto and other worlds in our solar system, leading some scientists to speculate that a change in the sun’s activity is the common thread linking all these baking events. Others argue that such claims are misleading and create the false impression that rapid global warming, as Earth is experiencing, is a natural phenomenon. While evidence suggests fluctuations in solar activity can affect climate on Earth, and that it has done so in the past, the majority of climate scientists and astrophysicists…