Scientists Find Hole In Earth's Magnetic Field 200
Velorium writes "The Earth's magnetic field has been found to have two large holes that are making Earth's surface vulnerable to solar winds. Despite what scientists originally thought, these holes allow 20 times the normal amount of solar particles through when they are facing away from the sun. This is the opposite of what the scientists had first speculated."
Re:Solar power (Score:3, Insightful)
Getting them to stay there would be pretty hard. Plus the particles in question are mostly protons and some free electrons. Probably not so good for your solar collector.
Re:The price of aluminum will skyrocket... (Score:3, Insightful)
Uhh, shouldn't that be the price of TIN?
Re:The price of aluminum will skyrocket... (Score:2, Insightful)
The common household name for Aluminum wrap or foil is 'tinfoil'. Regardless of what it is made of. Blame the baby boomers.
[J]
The sun is at a low point... (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:The price of aluminum will skyrocket... (Score:5, Insightful)
Besides, Aluminium is more fun to say. Aluminium.
In the US, if you go into a store and ask to buy some Aluminium; you might get a visit from Home Land Security.
So, is this something new? (Score:2, Insightful)
Is this something that they've just discovered or something that's normal? Just because they just now found it doesn't mean that it's new.
Sorry, (Score:2, Insightful)
Release of greenhouse gasses already has a movement founded upon it.
Or, wait...
I think you're on to something. Instead of creating a new man-made catastrophe for this we can just shove it under the Global Warming, uh, Cooling, uh, Climate Change umbrella. It already has widespread political support and is already designed to unjustly enrich third-world countries at the expense of more successful ones. Why create a new way man is destroying the Earth when we can use the current one?
You're a genius.