A problem that may affect you in the future are solar flares and the solar cycle. Solar flares and sunspots can interrupt radio frequencies, transmissions, and everything electronic. This could cause prodigious problems and send the world into anarchy. Solar flares are high energy explosions that radiate through space. They are sometimes called CME’s, which stands for coronal mass ejection. Solar flares are measured by the maximum flux of their X-rays. The scale consists of grade A, B, C, M, X flares. A is the weakest level and X is the strongest. This scale is similar to the Richter scale for measuring earthquakes. The most recent solar flare that was considered X-rated occurred in 2011, according to (Science Daily.)
A sunspot is a result of a solar flare. Sunspots occur when there is a magnetic disturbance on the surface of the sun, which causes a cooler temperature of the gases then the ones around it. A solar flare is an explosion of plasma on the surface of the sun. Both sunspots and solar flares cause electrical surges
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Since solar flares interrupt electrical lines and towers, you can buy an off-the-grid generator to supply your building with power. Investing in surge protectors can help protect your appliances’ power boards from being fried. Another way to protect major electricity and communication lines is to make them more material-based and not as vulnerable. NASA has built a large solar shield to protect their power grids from solar activity. These function as mirrors and are repositioned as the CME travels towards Earth.
To conclude, solar flares are a threat to the existence of technology on earth. They could cause vast problems on Earth, however there are things we can do to protect and prevent against these solar flares. Solar flares are no need to worry too much about, as the odds of them hitting Earth are very
The foremost differentiation between solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) is the scale on which they transpire. Solar flares are rather little and local, occuring in the low solar atmosphere, near sunspots, where magnetic field lines are concentrated. CMEs on the other hand are huge. They can even be bigger than the sun itself!
However, this has not happened and it’s starting to make secular scientist themselves admit that our sun is special and unique in design, because it does not emit these monster super flares like the ones produced by Proxima Centauri. The question is, could our sun send out such a flare powerful enough to even melt the ice on Jupiter’s moon’s, destroy earth’s ozone layer and even obliterate all our satellites? Well the answer is yes. Scientist have studied other sun like stars in our galaxy and discovered that they produce these super flares about once a century. But, they have no explanations as to why our sun does not produce such solar
This plan ensures that the organization has highly competent employees in a range of areas. It can be referred to as the Organization Entry Plan. This plan is developed in accordance with employee competency required in different operations. In order for this plan to be effective, accuracy, and the mission of the cooperation should be at the forefront. The recruitment, selection and on board process plan is a key element to the success of the organization.
Sunspots are dark spots on the Sun caused its magnetic field. The spots are dark because they are cooler than the area of the Sun that surrounds them and are often as big as the Earth.
The sun is usually a hot ball, a yellow dwarf star that glows gasses at the central part of the solar system.
1. Sunspots: these regions are darker and cooler than the rest of the suns photosphere; they are caused by magnetic fields that protrude at that area of the visible surface.
--On approach to mars, a solar superstorm erupts. A solar flare is a quick release of energy from the Sun’s surface. Flares are classified logarithmically, like the Richter scale, with the highest being X class. An X10 flare would be ten times as powerful as an X1, and an X1 ten times as powerful as an M1 (the next lowest letter).
Sunspots are regions on the surface of the sun, which is called the photosphere. Sunspots are cool, dark and temporary. The surface temperate of the sun is 6000 Celsius and sunspots are about 1500 Celsius. They can last up to hours or even months. Sunspots usually expand and contract as they move across the surface of the sun and can be as large as 80,000 km in diameter. Sunspots are magnetic fields on the sun, which are thousand times stronger than the magnetic fields on the earth. The magnetic field is the strongest in the darker parts of the sunspot, which is called umbra. The field is weaker in the lighter part, which is the penumbra. These are solar "storms", a kind of "burp" where the Sun ejects high-speed and energetic particles, which
On March 19, 2003, then President George W. Bush “gave the green light to launch Operation Iraqi Freedom” (history.com, 2009). From the start of the war to present day, the casualties of American military personnel were calculated to be in the range of over 4,000 that have served in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). The number of wounded military personnel returning from deployment was upwards of 31,000. According to research conducted by Burke, Degeneffe & Olney (2009), traumatic brain injuries (TBI) and post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are the signature injuries of military personnel returning from OIF deployments. While there are elevated rates of military personnel returning from OIF with
The overall movement and rotation of the sun effect the magnetic fields in the sun. This movement churns up plasma in the convection zone*, which in turn stirs up electrical currents, and finally creates a magnetic field. Within these magnetic fields exists field lines, the main component of the solar flares. Loops in the magnetic field lines rise with energy from the surface. On one end of the loop exists a positive while the other end is negative. Plasma underneath stirs the poles and pumps numerous amounts of energy into them. However, if the poles are twisted enough the loops cross which creates a short circuit resulting in a tremendous outward explosion. The result is a solar flare. Within these solar flares, nets of plasma are flung into space and can be described as coronal mass ejections (solar storms). These CMEs flung into the solar system are what can wreak havoc on the
According to (Wikipedia 2015), sun spots are temporary areas on the photosphere of the sun that visibly appear darker than compared to the surrounding regions due to less energy expended. Sunspots are caused by different concentrations in the suns magnetic field that results in areas with a reduced surface temperature compared to the rest of the photosphere (Taylor Reid 2015). The Maunder Minimum is
The corona is the hotter than the surface of the sun (Fox). The ribbon-like strands surround the freckled skin with hair, frizzing. The flares are zits popping off the bubbling surface, the magnetic seasons in cycles. Even the sun has mood swings.
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Solar flares are cyclical, usually over a period of eleven years. There are three basic stages to a solar flare. The first stage is the precursor stage, where the release of magnetic energy is triggered. In the second or impulsive stage, radio waves are emitted. During the third or decay stage, the gradual build up and decay of soft x-rays can be detected.
Sunspots, where most solar flares occur, are dark patches on the surface of the sun. This is where the gas of the sun is not so hot and causes it to take on a different color. A typical sunspot is about 22,000 miles in diameter and the number visible sunspots from satellites are about 5 to 100, it varies.