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  • Re: Solar storms' affect on Earth's magnetic poles

    Hello, While solar activity can cause geomagnetic storms and large perturbations in the Earth's magnetic field, there does not appear to be a relation between these kinds of activity and the drift of the Earth's magnetic poles. The drift in the location of the Earth's magnetic poles is actually...
    Posted to Magnetism and Magnetic Storms (Forum) by Kris Sigsbee on 03-21-2011

  • Re: Big blackout 20 years ago?

    Hello, You heard correctly! This Friday (March 13, 2009) will be the 20th anniversary of the March 13, 1989 HydroQuebec blackout. On Thursday, March 9, 1989 scientists observed a solar flare. The next day, a large cloud of plasma erupting from the Sun was observed - I believe this was a coronal mass...
    Posted to Solar Storms (Forum) by Kris Sigsbee on 03-10-2009
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