Sun ID: 12591

NASA's Van Allen Probes Find Human-Made Bubble Shrouding Earth

Released on May 17, 2017

Humans have long been shaping Earth’s landscape, but now scientists know we can shape our near-space environment as well. A certain type of communications — very low frequency, or VLF, radio communications — have been found to interact with particles in space, affecting how and where they move. At times, these interactions can create a barrier around Earth against natural high energy particle radiation in space. These results, part of a comprehensive paper on human-induced space weather, were recently published in Space Science Reviews.

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Keywords:
SVS >> HDTV
SVS >> Radiation
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Spectral/Engineering >> Radio Wave
GCMD >> Location >> Van Allen Radiation Belts
NASA Science >> Sun
SVS >> Very Low Frequency Waves
SVS >> VLF
SVS >> Bubble
SVS >> Submarine

GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0