Open AccessMining Ancient Texts Reveals Clues to Space Weather of Yore
Author(s) -
Tim Hornyak
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2017eo074487
Subject(s) - space (punctuation) , space weather , history , geography , geology , meteorology , linguistics , philosophy
Low-latitude sightings of colorful hues in the sky likely to have been auroras indicate powerful geomagnetic storms buffeted Earth when some old chronicles were written, researchers report.