March 10, 2011
The New York Times
Celestial Storm Warnings
By John P. Holdren and John Beddington
Weather is often in the headlines. But largely unnoticed last month was the weather that forced airlines flying the polar route between the United States and Asia to detour south over Alaska. This unusual routing was a response to a “space weather” event — an enormous ejection of charged gas from the Sun capable of scrambling terrestrial electronic instruments....
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