Why don auroras happen near the equator?
• How do auroras affect the Earth? • How are auroras produced? • If auroras didn’t exist how would the Earth be affected? • Do aurora give off heat? • Will there be a ‘restructuring’ of the Earth’s magnetic field in the year 2013 that will end the Earth? • How much mass does the Earth gain from the solar wind? • What effects do sunspots have on the Earth? • Can you store and extract energy from a magnetic field? • Does Earth’s magnetic field or solar activity influence the El Nino cycle? • What do we know about Earth’s ancient magnetic field? • Why does the magnetic pole of the Earth flip? • Who discovered the reversal of the Earth’s magnetic field? • Can aurora or the Earth’s magnetic field be harnessed to make energy? • How can you artificially create aurora? • I recently heard a high-pitched hum while watching an aurora from British Columbia, was I imagining it? • What does the solar activity cycle have to do with auroral activity? • What is the maximum and minimum distance for the
