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Space Weather Centre one year old
The Met Office Space Weather Operations Centre (MOSWOC) has been operating for one year this month. Space Weather can impact all our lives, in particular the technology which we rely on and it is the study of the Earth’s upper atmosphere … Continue reading
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Tagged aurora, Geomagnetic storm, Met Office, MOSWOC, northern lights, space weather, Sun
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Large solar storm brings spectacular views of the aurora
Updated 24 June 2015 The Space Weather team at the Met Office has been keeping a close eye on solar activity over recent days. A large solar storm resulted in the northern lights being seen as far south as Dorset and … Continue reading
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Tagged aurora, cme, Geomagnetic storm, Met Office, northern lights, power grid, solar flare, solar storm, space weather, sunspot
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Space weather brings Northern Lights to UK
You may be lucky enough to get a glimpse of the northern lights in Scotland, and if you are really lucky in northern England and Northern Ireland, late Friday night into Saturday morning. The aurora borealis is caused as a … Continue reading
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Tagged aurora borealis, cme, coronal mass ejection, Geomagnetic storm, northern lights, space weather, Sun
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Space Weather brings potential geomagnetic storm to Earth
There has been an increase in activity on the Sun over recent days with a number of Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) taking place. A high energy X Ray flare was released from the Sun early this morning, and this has sent … Continue reading
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Tagged British Geological Survey, coronal mass ejection, Earth, Geomagnetic storm, MetOffice, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Weather Service, Natural Hazard Partnership, Sun
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Northern Lights over the UK
Guest blog: Sarah Reay, British Geological Survey Many people in the UK were treated to a fine display of the northern lights (aurora borealis) on Sunday night. This was seen widely throughout Scotland and the north of England. There is … Continue reading
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Tagged astronomy, aurora, bgs, borealis, British Geological Survey, cme, coronal mass ejection, Earth's magnetic field, Geomagnetic storm, Met Office, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, northern lights, space, stargazing, weather
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