Topline The northern lights could be visible from several northern states on Sunday night, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, as a coronal mass ejection and solar winds cause geomagnetic storms on Earth. The aurora borealis could be visible from states along the U.S.-Canada border on Sunday. Anadolu via Getty Images Key Facts…
Eruptions of charged particles from the sun are moving toward Earth and could create vivid displays of the northern lights, or aurora borealis, across large parts of the northern United States this week. A burst of solar material known as a coronal mass ejection (CME) was detected by NOAA satellites departing the sun on Monday….
“WE HAVE THE BODY BAGS READY.” Though it was more than 25 years ago, I still feel the chill that ran through my body in a conference room in the wetlands of Northern California. I was a graduate student on a multi-university, interdisciplinary wetland restoration project team. We, a group of scientists from the south…