July 2016
Our changing world and the mounting risk of a calamitous solar storm
..., seven days a week when the unit was not being deployed to save the Earth from a massive solar storm, modulating solar radiation to reduce climate change and overheating of the atmosphere? It is more than a little thrilling to think of an invention...
June 2014
In thrall to a star: understanding the Sun will help us understand our own climate and environment
... future behaviour, enhancing our knowledge of climate change and our ability to forecast and predict the impact of solar storms at the Earth. Further reading The Sun, Alexander D., 2009, Series: Greenwood Guides to the Universe, Greenwood Publishing...
26 January 2018
NASA launches GOLD to study Earth-space boundary
... one another constantly, and when merged with solar activity, coalesce to affect communications and navigation around...disruptions. Similarly, when the Sun’s surface erupts in solar flares, flurries of energised particles make their way towards ...
February 2016
Defending Earth against cosmic hazards
... life and global infrastructure. It is like playing Russian roulette with a random set of rocks, metallic bullets and solar storms Solar flares are generated by magnetic reconnections in the Sun that lead to the release of radiation with the power...
February 2017
Growing space agency dilemma
... growing global civilization, are more and more at risk. Solar storms, asteroid and comet strikes, and orbital debris problems are ... and NASA, among others, to address the problem of solar storms. This is an important step forward and one that other...
January 2017
New oceans beckon for solar sail technology
.... For example, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has expressed interest in placing a long-duration solar storm warning spacecraft closer to the Sun, yet always between the Earth and Sun, so as to enable rapid warning...
