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Sunspots are cooler areas on the sun's surface with strong magnetic fields, sometimes as large as Earth. They occur in pairs and can be up to 6,400 K cooler than the surrounding photosphere. Sunspots follow an 11-year cycle of increasing and decreasing activity, with the last peak in 2001. When sunspots are most active, the sun is actually brighter due to surrounding brighter magnetic areas compensating for the dimmer spots. There are also much longer cycles of very low or high sunspot activity lasting around a century.
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The document provides information about the Sun and space weather. It discusses that the Sun is a dynamic star that is always changing and produces phenomena like sunspots, solar flares, and coronal mass ejections. When solar storms interact with Earth's magnetic field, they can produce effects like auroras and disrupt technology and power grids. Space agencies monitor the Sun to study space weather and its impacts on Earth.
Solar Flares
Solar flares are violent eruptions on the Sun's surface that can release energy equivalent to millions of hydrogen bombs and last a few minutes. During flares, material is ejected into space at up to 1000 km/s in coronal mass ejections, which produce bursts in the solar wind that influence the solar system, including Earth by causing increased auroras and activity days later. Flares are associated with the Sun's magnetic field and occur more frequently near solar maximum when interactions between opposing magnetic fields are more common due to increased solar activity and sunspots.
Hubble
The document provides information on astrophysics, astronomy, the universe, galaxies, the Sun, and the layers and components of the Sun. It discusses the history of astronomy and how our understanding has developed since the mid-1800s. It also summarizes the history of the Indian Institute of Astrophysics and the 6-inch telescope located there. The 6-inch telescope's components and how it is used to focus images of sunspots are described.
What are ice ages?
During ice ages, large parts of northern Europe including Scotland were covered in deep ice. Sea levels were lower because less water flowed into oceans as snow and ice built up on land. The last major cold period was the Pleistocene Ice Age, which started 1.8 million years ago and ended around 10,000 years ago. Natural causes of climate change include variations in Earth's orbit and axis, volcanic eruptions, and changes in solar activity, which can cause the climate to become colder or warmer over both short and long time scales.
Sun Gn
- The Sun has been worshipped by ancient civilizations like the Egyptians who saw it as a deity. Monuments like Stonehenge were used to track the Sun's movement.
- Ancient Greeks proposed that the Sun was a large flaming ball far from Earth. Arabs calculated the Earth-Sun distance and proved moonlight is reflected sunlight.
- Galileo observed sunspots with a telescope, contradicting the view of a perfect, unchanging heavens. Later, Newton used prisms to study the Sun's composition.
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The PPT Contains the detailed information regarding the energy derived from sun. Also it include structure of sun.
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- The Sun is a common star that is the sole source of light and heat for our solar system. It is a spherical ball of gas held together by gravity and powered by nuclear fusion at its core.
- Below the visible surface (photosphere) lies the chromosphere and corona. Solar flares occur in active regions around sunspots, heating the corona to temperatures over 1 million degrees Celsius.
- Sunspots, solar flares, and prominences are evidence of the Sun's magnetic activity which varies in an 11-year cycle. They can influence space weather near Earth through accelerated particles and mass ejections.
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Air pollution is the introduction of chemicals, particulate matter, or biological materials into the atmosphere that can harm humans or the environment. It occurs both outdoors and indoors. Major outdoor air pollutants include sulfur oxides, nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, volatile organic compounds, and particulate matter from sources such as fossil fuel combustion, industrial processes, vehicle emissions, and natural sources. Indoor air pollutants include those emitted from building materials, products, combustion sources, and biological sources. Air pollution has been shown to increase cardiopulmonary disease and cancer rates and cause premature death.
Thermal Pollution
Thermal pollution is the degradation of water quality caused by any process that changes ambient water temperature. Power plants and industrial manufacturers commonly use water as a coolant, which is then discharged at a higher temperature, decreasing oxygen levels and affecting ecosystems. Urban runoff from hot roads and parking lots can also thermally pollute streams. Control methods include cooling ponds, towers, and recycling waste heat, but some facilities like the Potrero Generating Station still significantly increase water temperature before discharge.
Soil Erosion
Erosion is the process of weathering and transport of solids in the natural environment or their source and deposits them elsewhere, usually occurring due to transport by wind, water, or ice. Erosion has been increased dramatically by human land use such as industrial agriculture, deforestation, and urban sprawl. Excessive erosion causes serious problems like sedimentation in receiving waters and ecosystem damage. The main causes of erosion include climatic factors like rainfall amounts, biological factors like ground cover, and human activities that remove vegetation.
Soil Contamination
Soil contamination is caused by chemicals from industrial activities such as underground storage tank ruptures, pesticide application, and landfill leaching. Common contaminants include petroleum, solvents, heavy metals, and pesticides. Mapping and cleaning contaminated sites is expensive and time-consuming. Health risks from contaminated soil include direct contact, vapor inhalation, and groundwater contamination. Ecosystems are also negatively impacted through changes to soil chemistry and the food chain. Cleanup options involve excavating soil, treating it on-site through aeration, heating, or bioremediation, extracting groundwater or vapors, containment, or phytoremediation using plants.
Water Pollution
Water pollution occurs when harmful substances affect water quality in rivers, lakes, oceans, and groundwater. It has significant negative impacts on human health and ecosystems. The main causes are untreated sewage, industrial and agricultural waste, urban and stormwater runoff containing pathogens, chemicals, excess nutrients and other contaminants. Effective control requires treatment of domestic sewage and industrial wastewater before discharge, as well as management approaches to reduce non-point pollution from sources such as agriculture and construction sites.
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This document provides an overview of landslides, including their causes, types, and historical examples. It begins by defining a landslide as a geological phenomenon where gravity causes ground movement such as rock falls and slope failures. Landslides can be triggered naturally by factors like heavy rain, earthquakes, and erosion, or anthropogenically by deforestation, construction, and blasting. The document then describes several types of landslides including debris flows, earth flows, debris avalanches, sturzstroms, and shallow landslides. Historical examples from the 19th-21st centuries are also mentioned.
Pollution
Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into the environment that cause harm. It can take the form of chemical substances or energy in various forms. Major forms of pollution include air, water, soil, noise, light, and radioactive contamination. Pollution has negative effects on human health like respiratory diseases and cancer, and environmental effects like acid rain and climate change. Many nations have laws regulating pollution to protect the environment and human health. Pollution control methods aim to reduce emissions and effluents through practices like recycling and devices like scrubbers and sewage treatment.
Noise Pollution
Noise pollution is unwanted sound that disrupts human or animal activity and health. Common sources of noise pollution include transportation systems like vehicles, aircraft and trains. Poor urban planning can also result in noise pollution when industrial and residential areas are located side by side. Noise pollution negatively impacts human health by causing hearing loss, cardiovascular effects, sleep disturbances and more. It also harms animal communication and habitat usage. While regulations and technologies aim to reduce noise, enforcement remains inconsistent and many conflicts are resolved through negotiation between emitters and receivers.
Ozone Depletion
Ozone depletion describes a decline in stratospheric ozone levels since the 1970s, with a seasonal ozone hole forming over Antarctica each spring. The primary cause is chlorine and bromine atoms released from man-made chemicals like CFCs. In polar regions, ozone depletion is greatly enhanced by reactions on surfaces of polar stratospheric clouds that convert stable reservoir compounds into reactive radicals, catalytically destroying ozone. The Antarctic ozone hole forms each spring when sunlight drives these reactions after polar stratospheric clouds form over the winter.
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Flash floods occur when heavy rain or melting snow causes a rapid rise in water levels along a streambed or low-lying area. They can happen within six hours of precipitation and are distinguished from regular floods by their shorter timescales. Flash floods are dangerous because they develop quickly and can carry debris that causes injuries. More than half of flash flood deaths are people swept away in vehicles while attempting to cross flooded intersections.
Extinction
Extinction refers to the end of a species or group of organisms. A species goes extinct when no living individuals remain. Extinction can occur through natural causes like climate change or competition, or through human activities like habitat destruction and overhunting. Mass extinctions where many species die out simultaneously have occurred throughout history, including five major events in Earth's past. Scientists estimate that human activities are currently driving extinction rates 100 to 1000 times higher than the natural background rate, and up to half of all species could be extinct by 2100 if trends continue.
Eutrophication
Eutrophication is a process where excessive nutrients enter an ecosystem, usually due to human activities like agricultural runoff and sewage. This causes algal blooms that reduce water quality, kill fish, and harm biodiversity. The main sources of excess nutrients are point sources like wastewater pipes and nonpoint sources like agricultural and urban runoff. Prevention requires reducing nutrient inputs from these sources through regulations, riparian buffer zones, and policies that curb fertilizer and livestock waste runoff into waterways. Cleanup has been partially successful through phosphorus removal, but reducing nonpoint pollution remains a challenge.
Deforestation
Deforestation is the removal of forests through logging and burning trees. It occurs for various reasons like using trees for fuel, making charcoal, clearing land for agriculture, livestock grazing or settlements. Deforestation damages habitats, reduces biodiversity, and adversely impacts the carbon and water cycles. It contributes to climate change, soil erosion, desertification and displacement of indigenous people. The main direct causes of deforestation are agriculture (subsistence and commercial), logging, and fuel wood removals. Deforestation reduces environmental services provided by forests and degrades ecosystems.
Global Warming
Global warming refers to the rise in average surface temperatures on Earth since the 1950s due to greenhouse gas emissions from human activities. The global surface temperature has increased by about 0.74°C over the past century and is projected to rise another 1.1-6.4°C by 2100 if emissions continue at a high rate. This warming is causing sea level rise and changes in weather patterns, and is expected to have widespread effects on natural and human systems. However, there is ongoing political debate around efforts to reduce greenhouse gases and mitigate global warming.
Solar Prominence
Solar prominences are huge loops of solar material that extend outward from the sun's surface. They can be several miles wide and tall. Prominences form over timescales of about a day and contain cooler plasma than the corona, appearing as bright features against the dark sky. The largest prominence observed was over 350,000 km long. Prominences are anchored in the photosphere by magnetic fields and supported against gravity, existing at boundaries between magnetic polarities. They can persist in the corona for several months before erupting.
Space Station
The document provides information about space stations. It discusses that space stations are artificial structures designed for humans to live in outer space in low earth orbit. The International Space Station is currently the only space station in use, while previous ones included Salyut, Skylab, and Mir. Space stations are used to study the effects of long-term space flight on humans and provide platforms for scientific studies. The longest single spaceflight is over 14 months aboard Mir.
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The Solar System formed 4.6 billion years ago from the collapse of a giant molecular cloud. It consists of the Sun and objects bound to it by gravity, including eight planets whose orbits are nearly circular, as well as dwarf planets, asteroids, comets, and other small bodies. The four inner terrestrial planets are composed mainly of rock, while the four outer gas giants are much more massive and composed largely of hydrogen and helium. Exploration of the Solar System has increased understanding of its formation and components.
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