Just when you don't want another inconvenient truth about energy contributing to Earth warming, let alone a newly discovered one, what comes along but exactly that and right into our Hypography laps (thank you C1ay for this and all the others!). Given this data is no more than 8 months old, I assure you no climatologist has figured it into their model. No matter how small the contribution yet of the energy added to Earth by magnetic coupling, as the measures are only now starting as the discovery advances. What matters is that this addition means some other estimated input is overestimated.
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Originally Posted by Goddard SpaceFlightCenter
NASA Spacecraft Make New Discoveries About Northern Lights
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A fleet of NASA spacecraft, launched less than eight months ago, has made three important discoveries about spectacular eruptions of Northern Lights called "substorms" and the source of their power.
NASA's Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms (THEMIS) mission observed the dynamics of a rapidly developing substorm, confirmed the existence of giant magnetic ropes and witnessed small explosions in the outskirts of Earth's magnetic field. The findings will be presented at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco in December. ...
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