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The Shrinking Stratosphere

May 12, 2021 by sergneri Leave a Comment

The Guardian, again, posts some good information about the Anthropocene effects on climate in Climate emissions shrinking the stratosphere, scientists reveal. Thinning indicates profound impact of humans and could affect satellites and GPS. Meanwhile, on the NYTimes, another study showing that the increase of CO2 is causing a thinning via loss of density in the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Climate Change, Environment, Ethical and green living, Flying, Science, the Anthropocene Tagged: 2021, age of plastics, Anthropocene, climate, climate change, climate models, CO2, emissions, GPS, greenhouse gases, ignorosphere, plastic age, radio communications, satellite operations, Space Junk, stratosphere, troposphere

What if … A Perfect CME Hit Earth?

January 27, 2021 by sergneri Leave a Comment

On spaceweather.com, a summary of a new paper answering the question: What if … A Perfect CME Hit Earth? is discussed. coronal mass ejection (CME):

Posted in: Ethical and green living, Faits Divers, Future of Work, IT Failures, Politics, Science, Thinking about Tagged: Carrington Event, CME, coronal mass ejection, GPS, Hydro-Quebec power grid, May 1921 railroad storm, Power grid, SOHO, Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, solar storm, Space Weather

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