The Earth has a powerful magnetic field. NASA November 8, 2017 Mysterious ‘geomagnetic spike’ 3,000 years ago challenges our understanding of the Earth’s interior Christopher Davies, University of Leeds A strange patch of extremely strong magnetic field occurred over Jordan in 1000BC. Could we be about to face another one?
The Earth’s magnetic field is hugely important to our survival. NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre/Flickr January 27, 2017 Why the Earth’s magnetic poles could be about to swap places – and how it would affect us Phil Livermore, University of Leeds and Jon Mound, University of Leeds A geomagnetic reversal may have a severe impact on humans.
When the sun flares, space weather is on its way to Earth. NASA/SDO August 17, 2015 Damaging electric currents in space affect Earth’s equatorial region, not just the poles Brett Carter, RMIT University and Alexa Halford, Dartmouth College Our power grid infrastructure on Earth is more vulnerable to space weather than previously thought – with susceptibility in more regions and even during quiet geomagnetic periods.