Electromagnetic waves linked to particle fallout in Earth's atmosphere

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HANOVER, N.H. - In a new study that sheds light on space weather's impact on Earth, Dartmouth researchers and their colleagues show for the first time that plasma waves buffeting the planet's radiation belts are responsible for scattering charged particles into the atmosphere.

 

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-01/dc-ewl010515.php

Edited January 5, 2015 by knocker