Space weather

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1. Whole Atmosphere Climate Change

   Whole Atmosphere Climate Change project investigated how human-driven climate change in the lower atmosphere affects upper atmosphere conditions up to 500 km altitude.

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2. ‘Sounds of Space’ from Antarctica feature in space simulation game

   Amazing, natural, ‘sounds of space’, have been incorporated into the new exploration gameplay in Elite Dangerous

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3. A new way to create Saturn’s radiation belts

   A team of international scientists from BAS, University of Iowa and GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences has discovered a new method to explain how radiation belts are formed around […]

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4. Space Weather Impact on Ground-based Systems (SWIGS)

   SWIGS investigated how space weather drives geomagnetically induced currents in power grids, pipelines, and railways.

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5. Atmospheric warming impacts on satellite debris

   Joule Heating investigated how space weather affects the upper atmosphere’s ability to slow down orbiting satellite debris.

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6. Satellites more at risk from fast solar wind than a major space storm

   Satellites are more likely to be at risk from high-speed solar wind than a major geomagnetic storm according to a new UK-US study published this week in the Journal Space […]

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7. Million fold increase in the power of waves near Jupiter’s moon Ganymede

   Understanding of how Jupiter’s magnetic field interacts with its moons and with intense particle radiation.

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8. Extreme Space Weather

   Concern at government level in the UK is such that severe space weather was added to the UK’s National Risk Register of Civil Emergencies.

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9. Space Weather Observatory

   Assessing Space Weather impacts

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10. Thermospheric Heating Modes and Effects on Satellites (THeMES)

    Using meteorological statistical techniques, THeMES aimed to improve satellite trajectory predictions and identify which orbital paths face the greatest risk from space weather disturbances.

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11. Data As Art

    DATA AS ART visualises science data to create stunning and thought-provoking artworks, using real Antarctic data-sets that explain important and exciting science stories.

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12. Most advanced space weather radar to be built in Arctic

    The most advanced space weather radar in the world is to be built in the Arctic by an international partnership including the UK, thanks to new investment, including in the […]

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