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To: Go_Raiders
The atmosphere does not eliminate radiation to space,...

Not really true.

Solar Storm Dumps Gigawatts into Earth's Upper Atmosphere

“This was the biggest dose of heat we’ve received from a solar storm since 2005,” says Martin Mlynczak of NASA Langley Research Center. “It was a big event, and shows how solar activity can directly affect our planet.”

Mlynczak is the associate principal investigator for the SABER instrument onboard NASA’s TIMED satellite. SABER monitors infrared emissions from Earth’s upper atmosphere, in particular from carbon dioxide (CO2) and nitric oxide (NO), two substances that play a key role in the energy balance of air hundreds of km above our planet’s surface.

“Carbon dioxide and nitric oxide are natural thermostats,” explains James Russell of Hampton University, SABER’s principal investigator. “When the upper atmosphere (or ‘thermosphere’) heats up, these molecules try as hard as they can to shed that heat back into space.”


70 posted on 11/10/2017 1:48:03 PM PST by TigersEye (0bama. The Legacy is a lie. The lie is the Legacy.)
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To: TigersEye

Sorry my sentence wasn’t more clear. The story you linked is in agreement with what I was trying to convey. Thanks.


71 posted on 11/10/2017 10:53:33 PM PST by Go_Raiders
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