Timeline for How extreme can I make an altered solar cycle without destroying an inhabited world?
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| May 14, 2017 at 20:04 | answer | added | JDługosz | timeline score: 1 | |
| May 14, 2017 at 19:36 | comment | added | RonJohn | Also, "Would that damage be visible to the eye?" That's the aurora borealis, which do destroy the ozone layer. | |
| May 14, 2017 at 19:30 | comment | added | RonJohn | Ok. Well, the Earth's magnetosphere does a darned good job of protecting us from solar storms. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_storm_of_1859 In the solar storm of 1859 -- which lasted for 2 days -- the aurora borealis reached down to Cuba. Even then, and by definition, the vast majority of the CME was deflected by the magnetosphere. In order to kill off enough lower flora and fauna for most humans to die, the magnitude and frequency of such CME would have to be ginormous (especially since the *vast majority of CMEs would miss Earth). | |
| May 14, 2017 at 19:19 | comment | added | Random | @RonJon: The plot point I was considering was that the sun used to be like ours, but has been gradually getting worse over the course of the last several thousand (2-5) years. The extreme maxima now, ideally, occur once every ten years, for 1-2 months. | |
| May 14, 2017 at 19:12 | comment | added | RonJohn | For how long has this decennial extreme solar maximum occurred (which can be anything from the beginning of the solar system to within memory of young parents)? Heck, there can even be variations in how often the extreme solar maxima occur. | |
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| May 14, 2017 at 18:54 | history | asked | Random | CC BY-SA 3.0 |