Largest known solar storm struck Earth 14,300 years ago
By comparing the rings of 140 trees buried in the bank of a French river, researchers estimate that the largest solar storm that we know of occurred 14,300 years ago
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By comparing the rings of 140 trees buried in the bank of a French river, researchers estimate that the largest solar storm that we know of occurred 14,300 years ago
The Carrington Event was a major reality check for a rapidly industrializing humanity.
An international team of scientists has discovered a huge spike in radiocarbon levels 14,300 years ago by analysing ancient tree-rings found in the French Alps.The radiocarbon spike was caused by a massive solar storm, the biggest ever ...
Rings within the trunks of ancient fossilized trees showed evidence for the most powerful solar storm in history, 10 times stonger than the Carrington Event.
An international team of scientists have discovered a huge spike in radiocarbon levels 14,300 years ago by analyzing ancient tree-rings. This spike was caused by a massive solar storm hitting Earth, the biggest ever identified.