Earth is an island of tranquility in a sea of searing solar radiation and energetic particles, and we have the planet's magnetic field to thank. Scientists searching for early records of Earth's ...

Likewise, a wire passing through a magnetic field creates an electric current within the wire. This is the basic principle that allows electric motors and generators to operate. In the Earth (see ...

The compass needle points in the direction of the Earth's magnetic field, or the magnetic field of a magnet. place the plotting compass near the magnet on a piece of paper mark the direction the ...

Would a dramatic change in the Earth's magnetic field affect creatures that rely on it during migration? Late on a January night in 1993 I found myself on a beach on the Pacific coast of Costa ...

Funding sources: $50K (2018-2021) from NSF Statistics Program PI: Tomoko Matsuo (CU-Boulder) Collaborators: University of California at Davis, NOAA NCEI Societal relevance: An accurate modeling of the ...

When the Earth’s magnetic field is strong, as it is today, the amount of carbon generated by this interaction is relatively low, but it spikes when the magnetic field weakens and allows more ...

Their analysis showed the complex magnetic field can determine increases in module fill factor and falls in maximum power. Researchers at the Multimedia University of Kenya have claimed the Earth ...