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Iceland's Northern Lights, Demystified

Cynthia Ord | Posted 05.15.2013 | Travel
Read More: Magnetic Field, Solar Wind, Sunspots, Aurora Borealis, Glaciers, Frost and Fire, Reykjavik, Northern Lights, Sólheimajökull Glacier, Iceland, Ion Hotel, Hveragerdi, Video, Travel News
Cynthia Ord

Iceland is one of the world's most accessible spots for viewing the northern lights, making it one of the country's top tourist attractions. So what is the best way to go about seeing the phenomenon?

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Surprising Links Seen Between Solar Activity, Earth's Climate

Posted 01.18.2013 | Science
Read More: Sunspots, Video, Climate, Noaa, Solar Activity, Storms, Earth's Atmosphere, Solar Variability, Sun Cycle, Climate Change, Sun, Weather, Plasma Physics, Ozone, Atmospheric Chemistry, Science News

By: Charles Q. Choi Published: 01/17/2013 07:56 AM EST on SPACE.com Even small changes in solar activity can impact Earth's climate in significant...

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Huge Solar Blast May Boost Northern Lights This Week

Posted 01.15.2013 | Science
Read More: Sunspots, Sun Eruption, Solar Storm, Video, Aurora Borealis, Nasa, Solar Northern Lights, Auroras, Solar Flare, Geomagnetic Storm, Northern Lights, Coronal Mass Ejection, Science News

By: Space.com, staff Published: 01/14/2013 05:09 PM EST on SPACE.com A huge sun eruption on Sunday (Jan. 13) unleashed a wave of solar plasma ai...

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Solar Storm Forecasters See Record-Setting Year

Posted 01.04.2013 | Science
Read More: Sunspots, Solar Storms 2013, Video, Solar Storm Forecast, Solar Activity, Solar Eruption, Solar Flare, Solar System, Solar Storm 2013, Sun Activity, Science News

By: Elizabeth Howell Published: 01/04/2013 10:07 AM EST on SPACE.com The sun's peak of solar activity this year will likely be the quietest seen...

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WATCH: Twin Sunspots Erupt In Spectacular Solar Storm

Posted 08.10.2012 | Science
Read More: Sunspots, Sun Storm, Nasa, Video, Space, Plasma, Science, Coronal Mass Ejections, Sun, Science News, Solar Flares, Science News

By: SPACE.com Staff Published: 08/10/2012 07:55 AM EDT on SPACE.com The sun fired off a spectacular eruption last weekend, and a NASA spacecraft c...

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THIS WEEKEND: Solar Flares May Amp Up Northern Lights

Posted 07.13.2012 | Science
Read More: Sunspots, Solar Storm, Video, Aurora Borealis, Auroras, Solar Flare, Sunstorm, Solar Flare Northern Lights, Northern Lights, Science News

By: Mike Wall Published: 07/13/2012 12:01 PM EDT on SPACE.com A massive solar eruption may trigger an exceptional weekend northern lights displa...

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Solar Flares Trigger Geomagnetic Storm On Earth

Posted 06.19.2012 | Science
Read More: Sunspots, Geomagnetic Storms, Nasa, Video, Space Weather Prediction Center, Space, Coronal Mass Ejections, Sun, Weather, Solar Flares, Science News

By: SPACE.com Staff Published: 06/19/2012 08:01 AM EDT on SPACE.com An active sunspot is amping up the sun's activity, and has already unleashed...

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Solar Flares Nothing Much Compared To Other Stars' Outbursts

Posted 05.17.2012 | Science
Read More: Solar Radiation, Sunspots, Stars, Sun Storm, Sun Flares, Video, Nasa, Astronomy, Superflares, Solar System, Solar Flares, Science News

By: Charles Q. Choi Published: 05/16/2012 01:22 PM EDT on SPACE.com Stars like our sun can release "superflares," explosions of up to ...

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Mystery of Sunspot Formation Said Solved

Posted 02.02.2012 | Science
Read More: Sunspots, Video, Solar, Astronomy, Space, Solar Flare, Sun, Telescope, Solar Storms, Science News

By: Clara Moskowitz Published: 02/01/2012 02:52 PM EST on SPACE.com Scientists may be one step closer to unraveling the mystery of sunspots —...

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A Changing Climate About Climate Change in D.C.?

Bill Chameides | Posted 01.15.2012 | Green
Read More: Ben Santer, House of Representatives, Ed Markey, Richard Muller, America?S Climate Choices, Climate Scientist, Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature, Temperatures, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Solar Forcing, Climate Skeptics, Best, Henry Waxman, Policy, Climate Change Attribution, Temperature Station, Legislation, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Sunspots, Temperature Records, Politics, U.S. Congress, Climate Change, Climate Science, Greenhouse Gases, Global Warming, Global Temperatures, Green News
Bill Chameides

I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for a Congressional resolution marking the end of climate skepticism -- or the beginning of major climate legislation -- any time soon.

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Global Recession? Jobs Gone? Everyone a Scapegoat.

Larry MacDonald | Posted 12.07.2011 | Business
Read More: Sunspots, Global Recession, u.s. Economy Problems, Jobs, Economic Recovery, Economic Stimulus Package, Recession, Business News
Larry MacDonald

If you want to know when the recession will be over and things back to normal, just look at the dates and overlay the 11.1 year cycle, and you will be pretty close to prognosticating the recovery.

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The Climate Post: Ethanol Tax Breaks Survive, but Vote May Have "Broken the Dam"

Mason Inman | Posted 08.16.2011 | Green
Read More: Sunspots, Energy, Gas Prices, Fukushima, Military, Inflation, Nuclear Power, Oil, Clean Energy, Ethanol, Recession, China, Barack Obama, Green News
Mason Inman

While a bill to slash $6 billion in annual tax breaks for ethanol fuel failed to pass the U.S. Senate, it was still hailed by some lawmakers and analysts as a major break from the past.

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Scientists: Sun Going Into Unusual Super Quiet Mode

AP | SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 08.14.2011 | Green
Read More: 2020 Sun, Sunspots, Sun Going Quiet, Solar Jet Stream, Solar Calm, Sunspots Disappearing, Space, Nature, Sunspots Disappear, Disappearing Sunspots, Science, Quiet Sun, 2020 Solar Cycle, Solar Quiet, Green News

WASHINGTON — The sun is heading into an unusual and extended hibernation, scientists predict. Around 2020, sunspots may disappear for years, may...

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BP Lands the '2010 Accidental Earth Experiment' Prize!!!

Bill Chameides | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Energy, Natural Resources, Microbes, Bp, Gulf of Mexico, Ecosystems, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Science, Environmental Scientist, Earth, BP America, Methane, Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig Disaster, Sunspots, Positive Feedback, Aerosols, Climate Change, Deepwater Horizon, Volcanoes, Oil, Carbon Dioxide, Anthropocene, Greenhouse Gases, Offshore Energy, Oceans, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Ice, Global Warming, Natural Gas, Green News
Bill Chameides

Crossposted with www.TheGreenGrok.com. Award Achieved Through Remarkable Corporate Focus on Negligence and Incompetence While BP has distanced itself ...

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New Sunspot Picture Is Most Detailed Ever

Popular Science | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Read More: New Solar Telescope, Sunspots, Big Bear Solar Observatory, Sun Spot, Sunspot Picture, Technology News

Researchers at Big Bear Solar Observatory have tuned their adaptive optics array and achieved first light, capturing this image of a sunspot that is n...

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Solar EMP and the Mystery of Air France 447

Lawrence E. Joseph | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Read More: Air France 447, Solar Climax, Tragedy, Airbus, Boeing, Pitot Tubes, Airplane, Air France, South Atlantic, Electromagnetic Pulse, Airline, 2012, Sunspots, National Academy of Sciences, Apocalypse 2012, Nasa, Flight, Crash, Themis, Emp, Technology News
Lawrence E. Joseph

By scientific consensus, solar EMP blasts will next climax in ferocity and frequency late in 2012 or early 2013. Might be a good idea to harden sensitive electronic components before then.

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Solar Cooling: What Does It Mean For Us?

The Guardian | Laura Spinney | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Sunspots, Solar Cooling, Sun, The Sun, Green News

The sun's activity is winding down, triggering fevered debate among scientists about how low it will go, and what it means for Earth's climate. Nasa r...

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Global Warming and Predictions of an Impending Ice Age - Part 1

Bill Chameides | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Sunspots, Total Solar Irradiance, Environment, Solar Variation, Global Warming, Climate Change, Tsi, Green News
Bill Chameides

The skeptics are squawking again, their blogs achatter with talk about solar variability and sunspots. According to them, climate science now knows the sun is to blame for global warming.

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