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First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Sun Kicks Off Another X Flare -- Should We Care?

The sun has erupted with another X-class solar flare, adding a fourth huge solar explosion to the 48-hour tally. Since late Sunday night an X1.7, X2.8, X3.2 and, this morning, an X1.0 flare erupted from the same active region in the lower atmosphere of ... [Published Discovery Health - May 15 2013]

Entities: Space Weather, Coronal Mass Ejections, Solar Flare, Powerful, Richard Carrington

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

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Video: Three solar flares erupt from sun?s surface

On Monday, the sun unleashed a solar flare measuring X1.7. It soon followed up with another flare, this time X2.8.But it wasn’t done. A few hours later an X3.2 erupted, blasting particles into space.The flares have also hurled coronal mass ejections (CME) ... [Published Global News Canada - May 14 2013]

Entities: Solar Flare, Richard Carrington, Quebec, NASA

First reported Apr 19 2013 - Updated Apr 19 2013 - 1 reports

How an earthquake or sun spot could cripple Canada's P&C industry

Canadian property and casualty insurance carriers are well prepared to respond to a natural catastrophe giving rise to claims of up to $15 billion, but a disaster with insured losses of $30 billion or more will overwhelm the industry, suggests a report ... [Published Canadian Underwriter - Apr 19 2013]

Entities: Insolvent, Earthquake, Canada

First reported Apr 13 2013 - Updated Apr 13 2013 - 1 reports

As sunspot peak nears, solar storm fears rise

In 1859 the sun erupted, and on Earth wires shot off sparks that shocked telegraph operators and set their paper on fire.It was the biggest geomagnetic storm in recorded history. The sun hurled billions of tons of electrons and protons whizzing toward ... [Published Austin American Statesman - Apr 13 2013]

Entities: Power Grid, Magnetic Field, Proton, Electron

First reported Dec 02 2012 - Updated Dec 02 2012 - 1 reports

What are coronal mass ejections?

Every so often, the sun burps. But, unlike myself, when the sun burps, it does so with the power of 20 million nuclear bombs. These hiccups are known as coronal mass ejections (CMEs)—powerful eruptions near the surface of the sun driven by kinks in ... [Published EarthSky - Dec 02 2012]

Entities: Coronal Mass Ejections, Magnetic Field, Richard Carrington

First reported Nov 29 2012 - Updated Nov 29 2012 - 1 reports

Power4Patriots Remembers Richard Carrington on 137th Anniversary of His Death

In 1859, English astronomer Richard Carrington observed an intense electromagnetic pulse (EMP) from the sun – now known as the Carrington Event – that created problems for telegraph operators. A similar event today could cause significantly more damage ... [Published PRWeb - Nov 29 2012]

Entities: Richard Carrington, Solar Panels, Wind Turbine

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Sun Kicks Off Another X Flare -- Should We Care? [Published Discovery Health - May 15 2013]
Video: Three solar flares erupt from sun?s surface [Published Global News Canada - May 14 2013]
How an earthquake or sun spot could cripple Can... [Published Canadian Underwriter - Apr 19 2013]
As sunspot peak nears, solar storm fears rise [Published Austin American Statesman - Apr 13 2013]
Hur mycket kan solen storma? [Published Populär Astronomi - Dec 18 2012]
What are coronal mass ejections? [Published EarthSky - Dec 02 2012]
Power4Patriots Remembers Richard Carrington on ... [Published PRWeb - Nov 29 2012]
Getting Ready for the Next Big Solar Storm [Published Space Daily - Jun 23 2011]

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Hur mycket kan solen storma? [Published Populär Astronomi - Dec 18 2012] Under de närmaste två åren når solen maximum i sin 11-åriga aktivitetscykel. Det betyder vackert norrsken men också högre risk för solstormar än vi haft på ett tag. Nu är solen inte är mer aktiv än den varit under tidigare aktivitetstoppar. Men vårt ...
What are coronal mass ejections? [Published EarthSky - Dec 02 2012] Every so often, the sun burps. But, unlike myself, when the sun burps, it does so with the power of 20 million nuclear bombs. These hiccups are known as coronal mass ejections (CMEs)—powerful eruptions near the surface of the sun driven by kinks in ...