The Carrington Flare, The largest |
The Carrington Flare, The largest |
 Mar 25 2007, 03:23 PM
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News from the largest flare in the last 500 years.
---------- Models using that energy release showed 3.5 times more ozone was destroyed during the 1859 episode than in 1989. This [superflare] breakdown caused global atmospheric ozone levels to drop by 5%. In comparison, chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and other chemicals have depleted the levels by about 3% in recent years, says team member Adrian Melott, a physicist at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, US. ---------- - Solar 'superflare' shredded Earth's ozone -------------------- - blue_scape / Nico -
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SigurRosFan The Carrington Flare Mar 25 2007, 03:23 PM
nprev Great...and the last solar max was a doozy. Better... Mar 25 2007, 07:10 PM
AndyG QUOTE (nprev @ Mar 25 2007, 07:10 PM) ...... Mar 26 2007, 12:29 PM nprev True, but excess UV completely ruins the impact of... Mar 27 2007, 01:36 AM Sunspot Forgot to post this from a link on www.spaceweathe... Jan 10 2009, 11:18 PM  |
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