aurorae

Can Auroras Be Dangerous?

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Can Auroras Be Dangerous? The Northern Lights occur so high up in the atmosphere that they don’t pose any threat to people watching them from the ground. The aurora itself is not harmful to humans but the electrically charged particles produced could have some potentially negative effects to infrastructure and technology. What would happen if

What Problems Can The Northern Lights Cause?

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What Problems Can The Northern Lights Cause? As the Northern Lights flash, they send 100,000-ampere electric currents throughout the northern upper atmosphere. The magnetic fields associated with those currents can reach down to induce electric currents that speed up corrosion of the 800-mile Alaska oil pipeline. What is bad about the Northern Lights? The Northern