Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Solar Activity and Its Effect on Climate

The sun goes through cycles of high and low activity. However, for much of the past decade, it has been strangely quiet for longer than anyone has seen before. Now it is waking up and we are tipped to expect extreme solar activity in the next few years. Aside from the influence of the sun on climatic and seismic activity on Earth, NASA scientists warn that it may effect our electromagnetic infrastructure.

Here CNN explains the possible impacts.


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